close-order drill
Americannoun
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While in residence at Florida State University, she and her dancers, as part of their research, studied close-order drill with a local Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
They recite like soldiers, turning to their books and back again on command, as if executing close-order drill.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rookies joke about such ancient miseries as KP, blisters, close-order drill.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rest of the time the campers practice close-order drill, pull KP and read some of the library's 200-odd books.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time they were in grade school, close-order drill was as natural as breathing and as hateful as hell.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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