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Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option. We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were ______to the top. - English

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Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were ______to the top. 

Options

  • wait for the dust to settle

  • get/have all your ducks in a row

  • fetch and carry

  • do the math

  • round the corner

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We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were round the corner to the top

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