Question

    Fill in the blank using the most appropriate phrase.

    Many retired people _____________ gardening as a hobby.

    A knock out Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B get away Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C turn up Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D take up Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrase ‘take something up’ means ‘to start doing a particular job or activity’. Knock out- to defeat a person or a team in a competition so that they can no longer take part in it. Get away- to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this. Turn up- to arrive or appear somewhere.

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