Odysseus thought that it was still possible that the Greek army could muscle in the crisis in the wa...........

English Language (IBPS CL) Sentence Improvement

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence alternatives to the bold part are given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.

Odysseus thought that it was still possible that the Greek army could muscle in the crisis in the war.

muscle into

muddle up

muddle through

muscle out

No correction required.

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Explanation:

The given sentence talks about a war. ‘Muddle through’ means ‘to get through a situation despite the lack of advantages’. The phrase can replace "muscle in" to make the sentence meaningful.

Therefore, option 3 is the correct answer.

The meaning of other phrasal verbs are as follows:

Muscle into: to become involved in something when the involvement is not required

Muddle up: to take things that are ordered and to mess them up

Muscle out: to use power to force someone out

Muscle in: to get involved where it is not necessary