{"id":22521,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-8-expression-study-hold-out\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","slug":"grade-8-expression-study-hold-out","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-8-expression-study-hold-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 8 Expression Study: \u201cHold out\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the option that best matches <strong>Hold out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to establish the basic support for future success<\/li>\n<li>to continue resisting or lasting<\/li>\n<li>slightly unwell or upset<\/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],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22521","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hold out<\/strong> means <strong>to continue resisting or lasting<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe not giving up despite pressure or difficulty.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The villagers <strong>held out<\/strong> until help arrived.<\/li><li>The team tried to <strong>hold out<\/strong> for the last ten minutes.<\/li><li>Our food supplies may <strong>hold out<\/strong> for another day.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to establish the basic support for future success"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to continue resisting or lasting"},{"right":"no","answer":"slightly unwell or upset"},{"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"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22521","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=22521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22521"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22521"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}