stop and go
Halting then advancing
Stop and go describes movement interrupted by frequent halts—the rhythm of urban driving through traffic lights and congestion: stop-and-go traffic on the freeway.
The pattern extends to anything that proceeds in fits and starts rather than smoothly: The negotiations were stop and go for months.
Also hyphenated as stop-and-go.
- trafficMovement along routes
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- brake pedalFoot control for slowing
hit the brakes · accelerate · signal · light · red · green · congestion · rush hour · commute · intersection · red light · green light · stutter · hesitate · jerky · rhythm · pause · resume
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- traffic termsrush hour, traffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, peak hours
- ball skillsdribbling, crossover, ball control, stepover, throwing
- receiver routesslant, post, corner, out, in
stop and gocontinuous
Without pause or gap
uninterrupted · nonstop · steady · constant · seamless
stop and gofree-flowing
Moving without restriction
clear sailing · open road · wide open · uncongested · smooth sailing
stop, stops, stopped, stopping, stopper, stoppers, stoppage, stoppages, unstoppable