{"id":22517,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-have-the-upper-hand\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","slug":"identify-the-meaning-of-have-the-upper-hand","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-have-the-upper-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Meaning of \u201cHave the upper hand\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option has the same general meaning as <strong>Have the upper hand<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to stay level with others or remain informed<\/li>\n<li>the opposite is true<\/li>\n<li>to start a journey, task, or plan<\/li>\n<li>to have an advantage over others<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3210,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22517","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Have the upper hand<\/strong> means <strong>to have an advantage over others<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe being in a stronger or more powerful position.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The home team had <strong>the upper hand<\/strong> in the match.<\/li><li>Good preparation gave her <strong>the upper hand<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Experience helped the senior students have <strong>the upper hand<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to stay level with others or remain informed"},{"right":"no","answer":"the opposite is true"},{"right":"no","answer":"to start a journey, task, or plan"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to have an advantage over others"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"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\/22517","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=22517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22517"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22517"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}