Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, three substitutions are given for each italicised part. If one of them is better than the italicised part, that should be your answer. If none of the substitution improves the sentence, the answer should be (4).

I had given him a lot of money, but he ran up it in a couple of weeks.

  1. ran into

  2. ran down

  3. ran through

  4. No improvement
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Run through money' is the correct idiom meaning to spend or consume money quickly. 'Run into' means to encounter or collide with, 'ran down' means to decrease or criticize. 'Run through' conveys the rapid consumption of money mentioned in the sentence.

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