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Option 2 : To discourage
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Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर To discourage है।
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Select the correct meaning of the idiom: to throw cold water on.
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To encourage enthusiastically
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To discourage
3.
To splash water physically
4.
To delay deliberately
Correct Answer: To discourage
"To throw cold water on" means to discourage or dampen enthusiasm for a plan. The literal reading in (c) is the trap; (d) confuses it with "to pour cold water" used loosely for delays.
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