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Question
Frame sentences of your own using the below idiomatic phrases.
| go far | blow up | show up | call on | break off | knuckle under |
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Solution
- she decided to go far ahead of competitors.
- The terrorists blew up the hotel.
- The thieves showed themselves up at the court.
- The prime minister called on the flood victims.
- Her voice broke off as she was singing.
- The soldiers refused to knuckle under the pressure of their enemies.
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