{"id":22439,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-challenge-beat-the-clock\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"phrase-meaning-challenge-beat-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-challenge-beat-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase Meaning Challenge: Beat the clock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the meaning that fits <strong>Beat the clock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to prepare a written document, plan, or list<\/li>\n<li>to remove or throw away something unwanted<\/li>\n<li>to finish something before a deadline<\/li>\n<li>very healthy and strong<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22439","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Beat the clock<\/strong> means <strong>to finish something before a deadline<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe working quickly enough to complete a task in time.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>We had to <strong>beat the clock<\/strong> to submit the project.<\/li><li>The runner tried to <strong>beat the clock<\/strong> in the final lap.<\/li><li>They <strong>beat the clock<\/strong> and reached the station on time.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to prepare a written document, plan, or list"},{"right":"no","answer":"to remove or throw away something unwanted"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to finish something before a deadline"},{"right":"no","answer":"very healthy and strong"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22439","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=22439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22439"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22439"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}