stop-goadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌstɒpˈɡəʊ/us/ˌstɑːpˈɡoʊ/UKA stop-go situation is one in which there are periods of development and activity quickly followed by periods without activity, especially in a country's economy:
The UK cannot afford another stop-go cycle of economic development.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/again idiom
- blue
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and starts idiom
- infrequent
- occasion
- occasional
- occasionally
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- one-off
- one-shot
- rarely
- seldom
- ship
- sometimes
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