Multiple choice

Directions: In the question given below, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

My mother frowns upon us eating between meals as it spoils our appetite.

  1. to refuse permission for something

  2. to disapprove of something

  3. to consider something as unacceptable

  4. to countermand something

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as to “frown upon” implies to disapprove something, by considering it bad or wrong. Here it is considering eating between meals as bad. 

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