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Option 4 : to take attention or credit away from someone

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सही उत्तर to take attention or credit away from someone है।

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Question:

In the sentence "The junior researcher stole the senior's thunder by publishing the discovery a week earlier," the idiom "to steal someone's thunder" means:

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to openly challenge a senior colleague
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to hide important information from others
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to compete fairly in an academic contest
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to take attention or credit away from someone

Correct Answer: to take attention or credit away from someone

To steal someone's thunder means to divert attention or credit meant for another person.

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