{"id":22170,"date":"2026-06-21T17:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-against-the-clock\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:32","slug":"english-phrase-check-against-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-against-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"English Phrase Check: Against the clock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What idea does <strong>Against the clock<\/strong> express?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>standing beside a clock<\/li>\n<li>trying to finish before time runs out<\/li>\n<li>sleeping late<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2920,3206,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-22170","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-common-idioms","topic-success-and-failure","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p>Use <strong>Against the clock<\/strong> when you want to express the idea trying to finish before time runs out. The phrase should be understood as a whole expression.<\/p><p>Examples: We worked <strong>against the clock<\/strong> to finish the model. The players raced <strong>against the clock<\/strong> in the final minute.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"standing beside a clock"},{"right":"yes","answer":"trying to finish before time runs out"},{"right":"no","answer":"sleeping late"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2920,"title":"Common Idioms","slug":"common-idioms"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22170"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22170"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}