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close-order drill

close-order drill is the alternative form of close order drill.

Meaning of close order drill

Noun

close order drill (countable and uncountable, plural close order drills)

  1. Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
    • Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, →ISBN, page 186

Forms of close-order drill

pluralclose-order drills

Questions about close-order drill

What is close-order drill the alternative form of?
Close-order drill is the alternative form of close order drill.

Words near close-order drill in the dictionary

  1. close-knit
  2. close-mid
  3. close-minded
  4. close-mindedly
  5. close-mindedness
  6. close-order drill
  7. close-packed
  8. close-packing
  9. close-packings
  10. close-quarter
  11. close-range

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