{"id":22550,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/know-the-ropes-meaning-selection\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","slug":"know-the-ropes-meaning-selection","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/know-the-ropes-meaning-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Know the ropes Meaning Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct sense of <strong>Know the ropes<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>in addition to something<\/li>\n<li>to choose, try for, or support something<\/li>\n<li>in agreement or harmony with something<\/li>\n<li>to understand how something is done<\/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-22550","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Know the ropes<\/strong> means <strong>to understand how something is done<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe knowing the rules, methods, or practical details of a job.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The new monitor must <strong>know the ropes<\/strong> quickly.<\/li><li>Ask Rina; she <strong>knows the ropes<\/strong> of the library system.<\/li><li>After one month, he began to <strong>know the ropes<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"in addition to something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to choose, try for, or support something"},{"right":"no","answer":"in agreement or harmony with something"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to understand how something is done"}],"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\/22550","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=22550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22550"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22550"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}