Given below is a sentence with a phrase in bold. Choose the correct phrase from the options that can replace the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the highlighted phrase is already correct, select option (e).

The cabinet minister who **palmed off** his civil service team in front of a large audience after a paper required for a legislation committee had gone missing.

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Given below is a sentence with a phrase in bold. Choose the correct phrase from the options that can replace the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the highlighted phrase is already correct, select option (e).

The cabinet minister who **palmed off** his civil service team in front of a large audience after a paper required for a legislation committee had gone missing.

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**Solution:**

1. The phrase **palmed off** means to deceive or trick someone by passing off something undesirable as acceptable, which does not fit the context here.

2. The sentence describes a cabinet minister's reaction towards his civil service team after a crucial paper went missing. The intended meaning is that the minister scolded or reprimanded his team publicly.

3. Among the options:
   - **marked out** means to identify or designate, which is not suitable here.
   - **packed away** means to store or put something away, irrelevant in this context.
   - **bawled out** means to scold or reprimand loudly, which fits perfectly.
   - **max out** means to reach a limit, unrelated here.

4. Therefore, replacing **palmed off** with **bawled out** makes the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.

**Answer:** (c) **bawled out**

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