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stop-and-go traffic
traffic that repeatedly starts and stops
Stop-and-go traffic is traffic that moves forward for a short time and then stops again because the roads are crowded.
Hear it in real life
Why did the taxi take so long?
We were stuck in stop-and-go traffic for nearly an hour.
I was late because I got caught in stop-and-go traffic on the ring road.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We were stuck on stop-and-go traffic for nearly an hour.
Say: We were stuck in stop-and-go traffic for nearly an hour.
Use the preposition "in" when you are caught in this type of traffic.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be stuck in stop-and-go traffic; drive through stop-and-go traffic
Your turn: say it out loud
I was late because I got caught in stop-and-go traffic on the ring road.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
stop-and-go traffic
traffic that repeatedly starts and stops
“I was late because I got caught in stop-and-go traffic on the ring road.”
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