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.
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Answer: A
The underlined phrase "cope with" means to deal effectively with, tolerate, or endure a difficult situation.
Let's analyze the given phrasal verbs to find the closest meaning:
- Put up with: To tolerate, endure, or accept an unpleasant situation or person. This is closest in meaning to "cope with".
- Put in with: Not a standard phrasal verb in this context (can mean to associate with or make a joint application, but does not mean to cope).
- Put down to: To attribute something to a particular cause (e.g., "We can put his success down to hard work").
- Put up against: To place someone in competition or conflict with someone else.
Therefore, "Put up with" is the closest in meaning to "cope with".
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