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In the following questions, an idiom/phrase has been underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase. 

It is clear that the ideas of both reformers ran in the same groove

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Important Questions on Previous Years' Questions

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In the following questions' an idiom/ phrase has been highlighted I underlined I italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom I phrase.

He stopped at the bar to wet his whistles.

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In the following questions' an idiom/ phrase has been highlighted/underlined/ italicized in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom I phrase.

Let us bury the hatchet and be friends again

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Directions: In the following question, alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

The thief managed to escape by the skin of his teeth.

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Directions: In the following question, alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

William left us with a heart-wrenching swan song.

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In the following questions' an idiom/ phrase has been highlighted I underlined I italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom I phrase.

The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.

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In the following questions' an idiom/ phrase has been highlighted I underlined I italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom I phrase.

We had better batten down the hatches. The weather is unpredictable.

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In the following questions' an idiom/ phrase has been highlighted I underlined I italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom I phrase.

It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.

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Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.

The student found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.