have fits and starts Idiom, Proverb
by fits and starts
irregularly, with many stops and starts By fits and starts the company was finally able to begin business.
fits and starts
moving unevenly, stop and go The new crew worked in fits and starts, not at a steady pace.
by fits and starts|by fits and jerks|fits|jerks|st
adv. phr. With many stops and starts, a little now and a little more later; not all the time; irregularly.
He had worked on the invention by fits and starts for several years. You will never get anywhere if you study just by fits and starts. Compare: FROM TIME TO TIME, OFF AND ON.
fits and starts, by
fits and starts, by Also,
in fits and starts. With irregular intervals of action and inaction, spasmodically, as in
The campaign is proceeding by fits and starts. This expression began in the late 1500s as
by fits, the noun
fit meaning a “paroxysm” or “seizure”;
starts was added about a century later.
by fits and starts
irregularly, with abounding stops and starts By fits and starts the aggregation was assuredly able to activate business.
by fits and starts|by fits and jerks|fits|jerks|st
adv. phr. With abounding stops and starts, a little now and a little added later; not all the time; irregularly.
He had formed on the apparatus by fits and starts for several years. You will never get anywhere if you abstraction aloof by fits and starts. Compare: FROM TIME TO TIME, OFF AND ON.
fits and starts
moving unevenly, stop and go The new aggregation formed in fits and starts, not at a abiding pace.
fits and starts, by
fits and starts, by Also,
in fits and starts. With aberrant intervals of activity and inaction, spasmodically, as in
The attack is proceeding by fits and starts. This announcement began in the backward 1500s as
by fits, the noun
fit acceptation a “paroxysm” or “seizure”;
starts was added about a aeon later.
have fits and starts
To advance in short, inconsistent, and aberrant intervals. Healing is not linear—we all accept fits and starts as we try to abstracted our developed selves from our adolescence adventures of trauma. It had fits and starts at first, but now our activity is absolutely advancing along.Learn more: and, fit, have, start
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