FITS AND STARTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fits and starts mean? 

• FITS AND STARTS (noun)
  The noun FITS AND STARTS has 1 sense:

1. repeated bursts of activity

  Familiarity information: FITS AND STARTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FITS AND STARTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeated bursts of activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they worked in fits and starts

Hypernyms ("fits and starts" is a kind of...):

burst; fit (a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason))