Multiple choice

In the modern day, life is such that people never come to the point. They would let their views wander first and then they would come to the point. Which of the following phrases can replace the words “never come to the point”?

  1. beat black and blue

  2. beat upon

  3. off the beaten track

  4. beat about the bush
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (4). It implies speaking evasively or misleadingly, or to stall or waste time. 

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