Instructions

Directions : In the following questions', four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase as your answer. -

Question 172

She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's 'going by bus.

Solution

The correct answer is option -A

Put her foot down-  To act firmly / To tell someone strongly that they must do something or that they must stop doing something.

For ex- Shweta's parents will always put her foot down when it comes to her career.


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