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Fire Eventually Room Colder Coal Cigarette Candle Stop

Idx 1155
Keyword fire
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Eventually, the fire went off and the room got colder.
Correct Sentence Eventually, the fire went out and the room got colder.
Cloze Error Sentence Eventually, the fire went [[off]] and the room got colder.
Cloze Sentence Eventually, the fire went [[out]] and the room got colder.
Cloze Answer out
Choices off | out
Explanation

go out = (of a coal fire, cigarette, candle etc) stop burning: 'The problem with cigars is that they keep going out.'

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