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Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. to pull out (all) the stops

– the boundaries or the outside limit of something * The wide scope of power he has in this company allows him to make decisions at all levels of management.
– to give something the most effort that you can; to try as hard as you can * The university research team pulled out all the stops to make the discovery before any other university.
– to take the blame for something * Even though all four of the kids were responsible for breaking the window, Lionel took the heat.
– a phrase used to mean that it is too late to ask for something now; you should have asked for it earlier * The time to ask for a day off this week was last week when I was making up the schedule.

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