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His friends advised him to be $fair\, and\, square$ in his dealings.

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In spite of the efforts of all peace-loving people,world peace is still a $far\, cry$.

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We should $give\, a\, wide\, berth$ to bad characters.

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The party stalwarts have advised the President $to\, take\, it\, lying\, down$ for a while.

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It is time that professors came down from their $ivory\, towers$ and studied the real needs of the students.

Some idioms/phrases are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase: 'To end in smoke'.