{"id":22738,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-cut-the-ground-from-under-ones-feet\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"english-grammar-quiz-cut-the-ground-from-under-ones-feet","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-cut-the-ground-from-under-ones-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Quiz: Cut the ground from under one&#8217;s feet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>Cut the ground from under one&#8217;s feet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Win or succeed in a contest or argument<\/li>\n<li>Every small place<\/li>\n<li>Remove someone&#8217;s support or advantage<\/li>\n<li>Become mature or legally adult<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3150],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22738","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Cut the ground from under one's feet<\/strong> means <strong>remove someone's support or advantage<\/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>Cut the ground from under one's feet<\/em> can refer to a situation involving remove someone's support or advantage.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Cut the ground from under one's feet<\/em> when describing a situation involving remove someone's support or advantage.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Cut the ground from under one's feet<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cremove someone's support or advantage.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Win or succeed in a contest or argument"},{"right":"no","answer":"Every small place"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Remove someone's support or advantage"},{"right":"no","answer":"Become mature or legally adult"}],"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":3150,"title":"Work and Effort","slug":"work-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22738","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=22738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22738"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22738"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}