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Option 4 : to suffer defeat

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सही उत्तर to suffer defeat है।

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Question:

After years of dominance in the circuit, the veteran champion finally bit the dust in the final round. The idiom "to bite the dust" means

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to enjoy a hearty meal
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to face sharp public criticism
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to accept a bribe quietly
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to suffer defeat

Correct Answer: to suffer defeat

"To bite the dust" means to fail or be defeated, originally an image of a fallen fighter; the sentence-context of losing a final confirms "to suffer defeat", while the other options take the words literally.

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