drill team

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noun

a group trained, especially for exhibition purposes, in precision marching, the manual of arms, etc.

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Also called drill corps.

Origin of drill team

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby drill team

drill press, drill rig, drillship, drillstock, drill string, drill team, drill tower, drily, Drin, Drina, D-ring

How to use drill team in a sentence

His grades were mediocre, but he excelled in the Army’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, becoming leader of the precision drill team and achieving the top rank of cadet colonel.
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But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
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Weeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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Alpha Team was killed, Faal told the FBI, while the Bravo members who were not gunned down fled.
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Accordingly, she had the boys to hitch a team to a buggy and took him driving over the great estate.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
His drill-like nose, his powerful fore-legs and big, strong feet all served to make him the fastest digger in Pleasant Valley.
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Well, from what little I've seen and heard of him, he'd be a whole team if he's willing to throw in with us and take a chance.
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You had better go to him, Dolly, and bid him good bye, before he takes the team to the field.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
And the team moved on, and poor Dolly, more ashamed of her errand than ever, went into the house.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie