Pull up his socks

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4
Meaning

To make a greater effort to improve

हिंदी अर्थ

कमर कसना

Example sentences

He pulled up his socks in the ninth week.

To pull up your socks is a decision and not advice.

Daily use: Iska matlab mehnat shuru karna.

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SSC CHSL Pre 2020
Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Race या किसी काम से पहले हम socks ऊपर खींचते हैं और जूते टाइट करते हैं ताकि कोई दिक्कत न हो। Pull up one's socks यानी बेहतर करने के लिए और ज़्यादा मेहनत करना।

Before a race or any hard task, we pull our socks up and tighten our shoes so that nothing slows us down. To pull up your socks is to get ready to make a greater effort and do better.

Exam note

इसका meaning है सुधार के लिए ज़्यादा मेहनत करना। Options में 'gear up', 'get cracking' related और 'slack off' opposite है।

It means to make a greater effort to improve. 'Gear up' and 'get cracking' are related; 'slack off' is the opposite.

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