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fits and starts

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Noun1.fits and starts - repeated bursts of activity; "they worked in fits and starts"
burst, fit - a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"


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The snow in places was up to his knees, and the sledge moved by fits and starts with his every movement.
Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
This was equal to John's most sanguine expectations; but he would have preferred Mr Haredale's looking at him when he spoke, as if he really did thank him, to his walking up and down, speaking by fits and starts, often stopping with his eyes fixed on the ground, moving hurriedly on again, like one distracted, and seeming almost unconscious of what he said or did.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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