{"id":22516,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-usage-quiz-have-a-narrow-escape\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","slug":"common-usage-quiz-have-a-narrow-escape","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-usage-quiz-have-a-narrow-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Usage Quiz: Have a narrow escape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What idea does <strong>Have a narrow escape<\/strong> express?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to monitor or record something carefully<\/li>\n<li>to barely avoid danger or trouble<\/li>\n<li>having a friendly relationship<\/li>\n<li>to begin and continue, especially something unpleasant<\/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-22516","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Have a narrow escape<\/strong> means <strong>to barely avoid danger or trouble<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe coming very close to harm but avoiding it.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The cyclist had <strong>a narrow escape<\/strong> near the bus.<\/li><li>We had <strong>a narrow escape<\/strong> when the branch fell.<\/li><li>He had <strong>a narrow escape<\/strong> from failing the test.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to monitor or record something carefully"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to barely avoid danger or trouble"},{"right":"no","answer":"having a friendly relationship"},{"right":"no","answer":"to begin and continue, especially something unpleasant"}],"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\/22516","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=22516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22516"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22516"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}