Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that carries the correct meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence: Patient is sinking hour by hour.

  1. gradually

  2. immediately

  3. suddenly

  4. quickly
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Explanation

'Hour by hour' describes something happening progressively over time, bit by bit. When a patient is sinking 'hour by hour', it means their condition is declining gradually, not suddenly or immediately. This is the standard meaning of this temporal phrase.

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