Select the verb completing the causal idiom:
Unprecedented liquidity injections by monetary authorities gave ________ to acute inflationary pressures across the retail sector.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. rise
Answer: rise. Why not the others: 'give birth to' is figurative and generally used for creative/intellectual breakthroughs; 'give origin to' and 'give growth to' are non-standard.
- Step 1: Identify the idiom meaning to cause or produce something: 'give rise to'.
- Step 2: The required noun completing 'give ... to' is 'rise'.
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