know the drill en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To be acquainted with the normal process or procedure of a given activity or situation; to be familiar with how something is done.
By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| knowing the drill | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| known the drill | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| knows the drill | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| knew the drill | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
pl orientować się (Translations) · de wissen, wie der Hase läuft (Translations)