fits and starts

*fits and starts

with irregular movement; with much stopping and starting. (*Typically: by ~; in ~; with ~.) Somehow, they got the job done in fits and starts. By fits and starts, the old car finally got us to town.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eveliina	E-ve-lee:-nah	Finnish
Becci	BEK-ee	English (Modern)
Bambang	BAHM-bahng	Indonesian, Javanese
HuỆ	-	Vietnamese
Janella	jə-NEL-ə	English (Rare)
Jawdat	-	Arabic