SSC CPO 2025 PYQ — Question 171

SSC CPO - 11 Dec 2025 - Shift 2 • English • Q171

Choose the correct meaning of idiom:

To send someone to Coventry

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The idiom “to send someone to Coventry” means: to deliberately ignore or socially exclude someone

Example: After the argument, his friends sent him to Coventry.

Why others are wrong:

A) symbolic punishment

B) exile to a faraway place

D) mock publicly