Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take a long, hard look at“ and it is a phrase meaning “to examine something very carefully/thoroughly so as to make it better in the future”.
Example Sentence: Once the pandemic is brought under control and we are back to the 2019-20 level of production, the government would be well-advised to take a hard look at what caused the slowdown before the pandemic, and then come out with a clear statement of a set of mutually supportive policies that will counter these forces and lead to higher growth and higher employment.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article India’s 1991 liberalisation leap and lessons for today: Montek Singh Ahluwalia and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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