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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Ranveer never has the habit of making a beeline for his academic activities.

1. behaving abnormally
2. selecting inconsiderately
3. going straight and quick
4. immediately responding to things

Correct answer: going straight and quick

Solution

The idiom "make a beeline for" means to go directly and quickly toward someone or something. Among the options, "going straight and quick" best matches this meaning. The other options do not fit the idiom.

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