stop-and-go
[ stop-uhn-goh ]
/ ˈstɒp ənˈgoʊ /
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adjective
characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
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Origin of stop-and-go
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby stop-and-go
stoop to, stoor, stoozing, stop, stop and frisk, stop-and-go, stop at nothing, stopbank, stop bath, stop bead, stop by
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