Idioms & Phrasal Verb Test 262

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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Allow the dust to settle

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To conceal original intentions and flatter someone

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To allow a situation to become calm or normal again after a period of excitement or upheaval

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C
To say exactly what the other person was about to say

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D
To help a child sleep

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E
To win by a extremely narrow margin

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Solutions

The phrase 'allow the dust to settle' means 'to allow a situation to become calm or normal again after something exciting or unusual has happened.'

For example: Let's just let the dust settle before we decide what to do.

So, the correct answer is option B.
Question 2/5
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Start with a clean slate

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To start something again with a fresh beginning, especially unencumbered by mistakes or regrets from the past

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To be free of conditions

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C
To disrupt or cause problems in an activity or project

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D
To act in a way that suggests you’ve lot of power or authority

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To behave or speak in a rash manner

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Solutions

The idiom 'to start with a clean slate' means to make a fresh beginning forgetting what happened, usually bad, in the past.

For example: Relations have not been great between the two countries, but it’s time to start from a clean slate.

So, the correct answer is option A.
Question 3/5
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Stick to your guns

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To do everything you can to achieve your goal

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To ask someone to leave

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C
To refuse to change your beliefs or actions

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To completely reverse circumstances or gain upper hand on someone who was previously in a stronger position

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E
Can’t understand someone or something at all

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Solutions
The idiom 'stick to your gun' means 'to maintain one’s position despite disagreement and opposition from others'.

For example: No matter how much police grills you, you’ve to stick to your guns and state the same story.

So, the correct answer is option C.
Question 4/5
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Come down with

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When someone or something enters a place, building, or room

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To leave a place

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C
To begin to suffer from a specified illness

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To prevent oneself from difficult circumstances

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When someone or something expected arrives

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Solutions
The phrase 'come down with' means to start to experience the symptoms of a disease or illness.

For example: I came down with influenza.

So, the correct answer is option C.
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Cut off

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An act of stopping or interrupting the supply of something.

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To dispose of something

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To do something again in order to improve or correct mistakes

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To go to sleep unintentionally

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A person or thing that continually irritates or troubles you

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Solutions
The phrasal verb 'cut-off' means to stop providing something or stop something being provided.

For example: The rebels have cut off electricity from the capital.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Question 1/5

To conceal original intentions and flatter someone

To allow a situation to become calm or normal again after a period of excitement or upheaval

To say exactly what the other person was about to say

To help a child sleep

To win by a extremely narrow margin

Question 2/5

To start something again with a fresh beginning, especially unencumbered by mistakes or regrets from the past

To be free of conditions

To disrupt or cause problems in an activity or project

To act in a way that suggests you’ve lot of power or authority

To behave or speak in a rash manner

Question 3/5

To do everything you can to achieve your goal

To ask someone to leave

To refuse to change your beliefs or actions

To completely reverse circumstances or gain upper hand on someone who was previously in a stronger position

Can’t understand someone or something at all

Question 4/5

When someone or something enters a place, building, or room

To leave a place

To begin to suffer from a specified illness

To prevent oneself from difficult circumstances

When someone or something expected arrives

Question 5/5

An act of stopping or interrupting the supply of something.

To dispose of something

To do something again in order to improve or correct mistakes

To go to sleep unintentionally

A person or thing that continually irritates or troubles you