CLASS 10
THE THIEFS STORY
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Question
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The phrase by fits and starts means.
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Now and then
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At irregular intervals
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At any cost
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If something happens in fits and starts, it often stops and then starts again: Replies to the advertisement are arriving in fits and starts.
Detailed explanation-2: -synonyms for fits and starts desultory. erratic. frivolous. haphazard. indiscriminate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also, in fits and starts. With irregular intervals of action and inaction, spasmodically, as in The campaign is proceeding by fits and starts. This expression began in the late 1500s as by fits, the noun fit meaning a “paroxysm” or “seizure”; starts was added about a century later.
Detailed explanation-4: -idiom (also every now and again) sometimes, but not regularly: We still get together for lunch every now and then.
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