in fits and starts English

Meaning in fits and starts meaning

What does in fits and starts mean?

in fits and starts Prepositional phrase

— intermittently, jerkily

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Regular

• What words indicate that something happens sometimes but not regularly?
  intermittently intermittent on and off off and on in fits and starts sporadic