{"id":22545,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-drill-keep-at-bay\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","slug":"phrase-meaning-drill-keep-at-bay","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-drill-keep-at-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase Meaning Drill: Keep at bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option correctly defines <strong>Keep at bay<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>the opposite is true<\/li>\n<li>to cause something to happen<\/li>\n<li>if something happens<\/li>\n<li>to keep something away or under control<\/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-22545","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Keep at bay<\/strong> means <strong>to keep something away or under control<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe preventing danger, trouble, or illness from coming near.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Exercise helps <strong>keep illness at bay<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The fence kept the animals <strong>at bay<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Calm thinking can <strong>keep panic at bay<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"the opposite is true"},{"right":"no","answer":"to cause something to happen"},{"right":"no","answer":"if something happens"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to keep something away or under control"}],"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\/22545","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=22545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22545"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22545"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}