In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom `//` Phrase.
By fits and starts

Options

A. Occasionally
B. Totally
C. Finally
D. Irregularly

Answer

4

Explanation

By fits and starts = irregularly, frequently starting and stopping again, not continuously.
Lookt at the sentence `:`
Because of other commitments I can only write my book by `//` in fits and stars.