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Pick the correct meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence:

He had always dreamt of reaching the dizzy heights.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

The phrase dizzy heights is figurative and means a very high level of success, status or importance; hold important position is the closest option.

Feeling dizzy: takes dizzy literally as a physical sensation.

Driving at high speed: uses height neither literally nor idiomatically.

Climb the highest peak of mountains: treats heights literally, while the sentence is about achievement or status.

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