{"id":22430,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/context-clues-for-at-stake\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"context-clues-for-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/context-clues-for-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Context Clues for \u201cAt stake\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct sense of <strong>At stake<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to face a difficulty or opposition<\/li>\n<li>from the very beginning<\/li>\n<li>at risk or in danger of being lost<\/li>\n<li>a very short distance<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22430","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At stake<\/strong> means <strong>at risk or in danger of being lost<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe something important that depends on the result of an action.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The team's reputation was <strong>at stake<\/strong> in the final match.<\/li><li>His scholarship was <strong>at stake<\/strong> after poor results.<\/li><li>Safety is <strong>at stake<\/strong> when rules are ignored.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to face a difficulty or opposition"},{"right":"no","answer":"from the very beginning"},{"right":"yes","answer":"at risk or in danger of being lost"},{"right":"no","answer":"a very short distance"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22430","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=22430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22430"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22430"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}