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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
| fits and starts |
| To do something in “fits and starts” is to do it intermittently or sporadically: “Martina has been working on her master’s thesis in fits and starts; she needs to work on it consistently.” | 1 |
| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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