{"id":2493,"date":"2016-07-04T01:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-the-heels-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:11","slug":"to-the-heels-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-the-heels-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Take to One&#8217;s Heels Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>take to one&#039;s heels<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>became vain<\/li>\n<li>remained faithful<\/li>\n<li>ran off<\/li>\n<li>acted in ignorance<\/li>\n<li>stood nearby<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3154],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-2493","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-escape-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>ran off<\/strong> is correct because <strong>take to one's heels<\/strong> means to run away quickly, often to escape danger or trouble.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>When the dog barked, the thief took to his heels.<\/em> <em>The boys took to their heels when they saw the guard.<\/em><\/p><p>This idiom is about running away, not loyalty, vanity, ignorance, or distance.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"became vain"},{"right":"no","answer":"remained faithful"},{"right":"yes","answer":"ran off"},{"right":"no","answer":"acted in ignorance"},{"right":"no","answer":"stood nearby"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3154,"title":"Escape Idioms","slug":"escape-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2493","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}