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Complete the following sentences by choosing the appropriate word/phrase from the options given below.

Question 39

It is irritating when co-workers dismiss your ideas as worthless, and later, present those very ideas as their own. They just want to ______________

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The idiom 'steal your thunder' refers to 'doing what someone else was going to do before they do it, especially if this takes success or praise away from them.' The sentence presents a scenario where a coworker has dismissed an idea as worthless and now presents it as his own. Thus, we can say that the coworker is trying to 'steal your thunder.'

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