know the drill
know the drill verb: to be acquainted with the normal process or procedure of a given activity or situation; to be familiar with how something is done.
Verb
know the drill (third-person singular simple present knows the drill, present participle knowing the drill, simple past knew the drill, past participle known the drill)
- 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 of know the drill
| third-person singular present | knows the drill |
|---|---|
| present participle | knowing the drill |
| past | knew the drill |
| past participle | known the drill |
Questions about know the drill
- What does know the drill mean?
- Know the drill means to be acquainted with the normal process or procedure of a given activity or situation; to be familiar with how something is done.
- What part of speech is know the drill?
- Know the drill is a verb.
- What is the past tense of know the drill?
- The past tense of know the drill is knew the drill.
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