Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult…
2016
Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia.
Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence.
- A.
put up with
- B.
put in with
- C.
put down to
- D.
put up against
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Correct answer: A
Answer: put up with — This is the closest in meaning to "cope with."
Meaning of "cope with": manage or tolerate difficult situations.
"put up with" means to tolerate or endure, so it directly matches "cope with." Example: "They will have to put up with the seamer-friendly wickets."
Why the other choices are not correct:
"put in with": not an idiom meaning to cope or tolerate; does not fit the context.
"put down to": means to attribute something to a cause (e.g., "put down to bad luck"). It does not mean to manage or endure.
"put up against": is not the correct idiom for "cope with." While "be up against" can mean to face difficulties, the phrasing and meaning differ from "put up with."
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