{"id":22519,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/practical-english-with-hold-back\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","slug":"practical-english-with-hold-back","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/practical-english-with-hold-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical English with \u201cHold back\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning fits the phrase <strong>Hold back<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to understand how something is done<\/li>\n<li>complete or absolute<\/li>\n<li>to complete or survive something difficult<\/li>\n<li>to stop or prevent progress, speech, or action<\/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-22519","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hold back<\/strong> means <strong>to stop or prevent progress, speech, or action<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe keeping someone or something from moving forward or being expressed.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Fear can <strong>hold back<\/strong> a talented student.<\/li><li>Do not <strong>hold back<\/strong> your questions in class.<\/li><li>The heavy rain <strong>held back<\/strong> our journey.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to understand how something is done"},{"right":"no","answer":"complete or absolute"},{"right":"no","answer":"to complete or survive something difficult"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to stop or prevent progress, speech, or action"}],"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\/22519","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=22519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22519"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22519"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}