Question

In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence four different ways of paraphrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four options.

The police searched everywhere but they drew a blank.

Options

• upset 

• did not find any information 

• came to an end

• drew a line

Answer 1

Did not find any information ‘Draw a blank’ is an idiom which means ‘fail to get the desired result or response’.