5th box -Flashcards

Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. to push back

– to take the blame for something * Even though all four of the kids were responsible for breaking the window, Lionel took the heat.
– to delay; to reschedule for a later time * She’s too busy right now to take time off from work, so we decided to push back our vacation from August to September.
– 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.

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