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Choose the sentence that does not correctly use the mentioned phrasal verbs.

  1. She finally had to give in after hours of debate.
  2. My mother regularly gave away the old clothes to poor children.
  3. The volunteers inadvertently gave the game away by announcing the names of the winners.
  4. I was given up understand that she had resigned.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

Sentence 4 is incorrect: the idiomatic expression is 'given to understand' (meaning informed or led to believe), not 'given up understand'. 'Give in' (yield), 'give away' (donate) and 'give the game away' (reveal a secret) are all used correctly in the other sentences.

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