{"id":22467,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/smart-usage-of-come-up-against\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","slug":"smart-usage-of-come-up-against","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/smart-usage-of-come-up-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Usage of Come up against"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option has the same meaning as <strong>Come up against<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a welcome and refreshing change<\/li>\n<li>easily available or ready to use<\/li>\n<li>to face a difficulty or opposition<\/li>\n<li>to cause something to happen<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22467","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Come up against<\/strong> means <strong>to face a difficulty or opposition<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe meeting a problem that blocks progress.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The team <strong>came up against<\/strong> a strong opponent.<\/li><li>We may <strong>come up against<\/strong> problems during the project.<\/li><li>She <strong>came up against<\/strong> many challenges in the contest.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a welcome and refreshing change"},{"right":"no","answer":"easily available or ready to use"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to face a difficulty or opposition"},{"right":"no","answer":"to cause something to happen"}],"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":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22467","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=22467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22467"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22467"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}