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By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL since 1997

Action Idioms

Saturday July 12, 2008
Tom is really trying hard to _____ his smoking habit.

MEANING - _____ a habit - stop doing something habitual. Usually used with smoking or drinking

kiss
blow
hold
kick

Which is correct? Find out with this action idioms quiz which also provides definitions of each idiom.

Comments

November 27, 2006 at 6:43 am
(1) May says:

Hi Ken!

I did the action idioms quiz myself and got to have some mistakes, buaaa!. For example, I didn’t know these idioms: “hit the books” and “bite the bullet”. The rest were OK. Thanks a lor for your site, especially the listenings and readings which I use almost every day.

Best regards,

May.

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