Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take stock of“ and its meaning is “to review a situation carefully, usually before making a decision; assess, analyze, weigh up, appraise, evaluate, investigate, scrutinize, look carefully at”.
Example Sentence: The deaths from the train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station of Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2 rose sharply to 261 on June 3 while 1000 injured persons have been admitted to different hospitals. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited the spot to take stock of the situation after the triple train accident which is being dubbed as one of the most tragic accidents in the country…
This phrase is present in A critical juncture in Manipur and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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