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