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Choose the correct meaning of idiom given below:

“Throw your hat in the ring”

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SSC Selection Post 2025 Graduate Level Question Paper (29-Aug-2025) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

Announce one's candidacy

To throw one's hat in the ring means to announce formally that one will take part in a contest, especially an election.

The phrase comes from old boxing matches, where a man threw his hat into the ring to show he was accepting the challenge to fight.

Example: 'The senator threw her hat in the ring for the presidential race.'

Challenging authority means defying those in power; leaving the competition is the opposite of joining it; supporting a rival means backing another contestant. None of these is about entering the contest oneself.

Hence, Announce one's candidacy.

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