From the options given below, select the one which best explains the expression:
"By fits and starts"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Irregular
To do something by fits and starts is to do it irregularly, working for a short time, stopping, and then starting again. Work done in this way has no steady pace, so irregular explains the expression.
Example: He studied by fits and starts and could not finish the syllabus.