Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

The casting vote of the chairman clinched the issue.

  1. closed

  2. decided

  3. finished

  4. started
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'To clinch the issue' means to settle, resolve, or finally decide something. When the chairman's casting vote 'clinched the issue,' it means it decided the matter conclusively. Option B 'decided' is the correct meaning - the vote brought the discussion to a definitive conclusion.

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