{"id":22713,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-carry-the-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","slug":"correct-meaning-of-carry-the-day","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-carry-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct Meaning of Carry the day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>Carry the day<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Pass from one owner to another<\/li>\n<li>Win or succeed in a contest or argument<\/li>\n<li>Stop oneself from saying something<\/li>\n<li>Fail or end badly<\/li>\n<li>Not relevant to the matter being discussed<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3206,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22713","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-success-and-failure","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Carry the day<\/strong> means <strong>win or succeed in a contest or argument<\/strong>. This answer is correct because the expression has a fixed figurative meaning in English. In an SSC idiom question, students should match the whole phrase with its accepted meaning rather than translate each word separately.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Classroom example:<\/strong> <em>Carry the day<\/em> can refer to a situation involving win or succeed in a contest or argument.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Carry the day<\/em> when describing a situation involving win or succeed in a contest or argument.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Carry the day<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cwin or succeed in a contest or argument.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Pass from one owner to another"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Win or succeed in a contest or argument"},{"right":"no","answer":"Stop oneself from saying something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Fail or end badly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Not relevant to the matter being discussed"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22713","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=22713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22713"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22713"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}