stop-go
adjective/ˌstɒp ˈɡəʊ/
/ˌstɑːp ˈɡəʊ/
(especially British English) (especially North American English stop-and-go)
[usually before noun] (disapproving)- starting and then stopping
- stop-go driving in heavy traffic
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- used to describe the policy of first limiting and then encouraging economic activity and growth
- the damaging stop-go economic cycle
- the government’s stop-go management of the economy
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