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Vikram said that he has got a problem to $square$ up with the manager.

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The clerk $wiped\ the\ nose$ of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.

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My car $broke\, down$ on the way to the railway station.

Some idioms/phrases are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase: '$A$ man of straw'.

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The popularity of the yesterday's superstar is $on\, the\, wane$.

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My father $strained \, every \, nerve$ to enable me to get settled in life.