Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
Please think carefully before you sign the contract, once done you will have ________________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → crossed the Rubicon
To cross the Rubicon means to take a step that cannot be undone. The phrase comes from Julius Caesar, who in 49 BC led his army across the river Rubicon into Italy, an act that made civil war certain. Once the contract is signed, there is no going back.
Example: When he resigned in public, he knew he had crossed the Rubicon.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: blown the trumpet — Incorrect. The idiom is to blow one's own trumpet, which means to boast about oneself; it has nothing to do with an irreversible step.
Example: He never misses a chance to blow his own trumpet.
Option 3: ruled the roost — Incorrect. To rule the roost means to be the person in control of a group or household.
Example: In our house, Grandmother rules the roost.
Option 4: to turn over a new leaf — Incorrect. To turn over a new leaf means to start behaving in a better way; "you will have to turn over a new leaf" would mean that you must reform yourself, which does not fit a warning about signing a contract.
Example: After failing once, he turned over a new leaf and studied hard.
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross the rubicon | – | 23-05 S2 | – | 19-06 S2 | – |
| rule the roost | 31-05 S2 | – | – | 30-05 S2 | – |
| turn over a new leaf | – | 27-05 S1 | – | 24-05 S3 | – |