Practise the standard verbs for declaring a freeze and communicating the freeze window.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a code freeze before major holidays to reduce risk.'
We 'declare a freeze' — the standard collocation for formally announcing it. 'Call out', 'name' and 'state up' are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Only critical fixes can ___ the freeze with approval.'
We 'bypass the freeze' — the standard collocation for an approved exception. 'Skip over', 'jump' and 'dodge' are informal and less idiomatic in this governance context.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the freeze window well in advance so teams can plan.'
We 'communicate the window' — the standard collocation for informing teams. 'Say out', 'tell round' and 'voice' are awkward or non-standard here.
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Fill in: 'The release manager will ___ any exception requests during the freeze.'
We 'review requests' — the standard collocation for evaluating them. The other options are ungrammatical or non-idiomatic.
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Fill in: 'Once the freeze ___, normal deployment cadence resumes.'
We say a freeze 'lifts' — the standard collocation for it ending. 'Raises', 'rises' and 'lets go' don't collocate idiomatically with freeze in this sense.