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drill
verb (PRACTISE) /drɪl/Definition
› [I or T] to practise something, especially military exercises, or to make someone do this: We watched the soldiers drilling on the parade ground.Repeating an actionMilitary training and ceremonies › [T usually + adv/prep] to tell someone something repeatedly to make them remember it: It was drilled into us at an early age that we should always say 'please' and 'thank you'. He drilled the children in what they should say.Saying againSaying and uttering
(Definition of drill verb (PRACTISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- din sth into sb phrasal verb
- echo verb (SIMILAR DETAILS)
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- hammer sth into sb phrasal verb
- inculcate verb
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- paraphrase verb
- parrot-fashion adverb
- rake over sth phrasal verb
- recapitulate verb
- regurgitate verb
- rehash noun
- rehearse verb
- reiterate verb
- relay verb
- repeat verb
- tautology noun
- trot sth out phrasal verb
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