{"id":22501,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-meaning-test-get-the-better-of\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:39","slug":"english-meaning-test-get-the-better-of","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-meaning-test-get-the-better-of\/","title":{"rendered":"English Meaning Test: Get the better of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which choice defines <strong>Get the better of<\/strong> most accurately?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to defeat or overpower someone or something<\/li>\n<li>to suffer the worst part of something<\/li>\n<li>to happen<\/li>\n<li>to quarrel or stop being friendly<\/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-22501","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Get the better of<\/strong> means <strong>to defeat or overpower someone or something<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe a feeling, weakness, or opponent gaining control.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Anger <strong>got the better of<\/strong> him during the argument.<\/li><li>Do not let fear <strong>get the better of<\/strong> you.<\/li><li>The stronger team <strong>got the better of<\/strong> us in the final.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to defeat or overpower someone or something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to suffer the worst part of something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to happen"},{"right":"no","answer":"to quarrel or stop being friendly"}],"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\/22501","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=22501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22501"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22501"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}