Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase:
"to doctor the accounts"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → to manipulate the accounts
To doctor the accounts means to change the figures in accounts dishonestly, usually to hide a fraud or a loss. "Doctor" as a verb here means to tamper with or falsify something, not to treat a patient.
Example: The cashier was arrested for doctoring the accounts of the firm.