Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
Samuel accused Jane of stealing the thunder on the capital punishment issue.
Option 1: Get praise for doing something before someone
Option 2: Go on a futile search
Option 3: Fail miserably at something
Option 4: Pass wrong judgments
Correct Answer: Get praise for doing something before someone
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Steal the thunder is an idiom that means to do something that someone else was supposed to do and especially get praised for that work, thereby taking the success or praise away from the other person.
This is correctly given in the first option, which states, get praise for doing something before someone .
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