Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is draw a blank and it is a phrase meaning “be unsuccessful, fail to get a result; to be unable to find something, to not be able to remember something”.
Example Sentence: Persistent attempts to establish the employer-worker relationship on record have drawn a blank, given that the mine-owning community is a major revenue contributor to the State (Rajasthan). That said, the immediate impetus for silicosis (occupational/job-related disease due to dust exposure) prevention could come from two related places in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Do not breathe easy on the silicosis prevention policy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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