Question

Find odd man out: hunting, guarding, playing, petting

Answer 1

Petting is the odd man out.

Answer 2

"Find odd man out: hunting, guarding, playing, petting

Answer: Petting

Pick the odd one out means, there will be a group of words, which belongs to the same family and only one word which doesn’t belong to the same family or same meaning. It gives the exact opposite meaning. This is called an odd one out.

In the question - hunting, playing guarding are related to outside games and activities whereas petting is related to the indoor or inside activity. Hence Petting is the odd one out.

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