Post-UTME English Language 2005 Objective — Question 4
Question 4 of 73 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2005 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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[Passage: on juvenile delinquency - argues that delinquency describes actions that would not be crimes if committed by adults (status offences like underage drinking, driving, smoking); the writer suggests such laws mainly serve to preserve adult privileges and prevent young people from enjoying certain freedoms, calling delinquency 'a weapon forged in adult minds against young people.'] Johnson is a stubborn man; he will never [In question 1124, choose the option that is nearest] ___ is words
- A. chew
- B. spit
- C. eatCorrect
- D. bite
Explanation
'Eat one's words' is the idiom meaning to retract a previous statement; a stubborn man would never do this.
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