After breaking his hand Gordon rsquo s dream to play professional basketball went up in smoke ........

English ( Master) Idiom & Phrases

Directions: Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in bold. If none of option conveys the correct meaning, mark (E) as your answer. The options do not necessarily need to be grammatically correct.

After breaking his hand, Gordon’s dream to play professional basketball went up in smoke.

to accomplish

Destroyed

hopeful

Continue

None of the above

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Explanation:

Correct Answer is (b).
Go up in smoke: be destroyed or ruined
Example: Without a scholarship, her dreams of college are likely to go up in smoke.As per the meaning above, only option B is apt.
Hence, option B is correct.