Question
And while you should not drop the base too
early, you should also be able to recognize when it's time to call it quits. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.Solution
The idiom ‘drop the ball’ means ‘to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for’. And while you should not drop the ball too early, you should also be able to recognize when it's time to call it quits.
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