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Question

In each question, three meanings numbered I, II and III are given for the Idiom / Phrase underlined in the sentence. Out of the given three meanings, only one or two or all the three may be correct. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase and mark it as your answer.

The team leader advised his team members to play it by ear as there was a lot of uncertainty regarding the authenticity of the rumours doing rounds in the company.

I. To take action according to the circumstances

II. To proceed depending on one’s own instincts

III. To take things slow

A Only I Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Both I & II Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Only II Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D All of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

To play it by ear - ‘to decide how to deal with a situation instinctively, as it develops’. Both options I & II are correct based on the meaning of the above idiom. They both can be used in the given sentence interchangeably.

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