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Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

As the thief jumped over the wall, the police caught him ____.

A

Hot-heated

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Fly-by-night

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Wide-eyed

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D

Red-handed

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Solution

The correct option is D Red-handed
The correct answer here is Option D) - 'Red Handed'. This is because to be caught 'red handed' means to be caught whilst indulging in the wrong act in question in the first place. This is a fairly common idiom. All the other options are inappropriate.

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