{"id":22531,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-due-course-usage-and-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","slug":"in-due-course-usage-and-meaning","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-due-course-usage-and-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"In due course Usage and Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom <strong>In due course<\/strong> usually mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to treat something as less serious than it is<\/li>\n<li>at the proper time<\/li>\n<li>to behave as if one is more important than others<\/li>\n<li>to be involved in many activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22531","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In due course<\/strong> means <strong>at the proper time<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe something happening when the right time comes.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The results will be announced <strong>in due course<\/strong>.<\/li><li>You will receive the certificate <strong>in due course<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The school will reply <strong>in due course<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to treat something as less serious than it is"},{"right":"yes","answer":"at the proper time"},{"right":"no","answer":"to behave as if one is more important than others"},{"right":"no","answer":"to be involved in many activities"}],"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":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22531","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=22531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22531"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22531"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}