{"id":22729,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-come-under-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"identify-the-meaning-of-come-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-come-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Meaning of Come under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning matches the phrase <strong>Come under fire<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Receive strong criticism<\/li>\n<li>Wait for a long time<\/li>\n<li>Change one&#8217;s opinion or attitude<\/li>\n<li>Fail to remember or find something<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22729","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Come under fire<\/strong> means <strong>receive strong criticism<\/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>Come under fire<\/em> can refer to a situation involving receive strong criticism.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Come under fire<\/em> when describing a situation involving receive strong criticism.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Come under fire<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201creceive strong criticism.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Receive strong criticism"},{"right":"no","answer":"Wait for a long time"},{"right":"no","answer":"Change one's opinion or attitude"},{"right":"no","answer":"Fail to remember or find something"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22729","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=22729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22729"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22729"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}