Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that carries the correct meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence:

It never does any good to work by fits and starts.

  1. regularly

  2. immediately

  3. lazily

  4. irregularly
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (4) is correct. By fits and starts means 'in short, inconsistent, and irregular intervals, as of motion or progress'.  

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