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Option 4 : to be in anxious suspense

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सही उत्तर to be in anxious suspense है।

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Question:

In the sentence "The candidates were on tenterhooks till the final merit list was published," the idiom "to be on tenterhooks" means:

1.
to be fast asleep
2.
to be overjoyed
3.
to be completely exhausted
4.
to be in anxious suspense

Correct Answer: to be in anxious suspense

"To be on tenterhooks" means to be in a state of anxious suspense. Hence (d).

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