Practice makes perfect

1. Doing something over and over makes one better at it.

Idioms and Phrases

Frequently doing something makes one better at doing it, as in I've knit at least a hundred sweaters, but in my case practice hasn't made perfect. This proverbial expression was once put as Use makes mastery, but by 1560 the present form had become established.

Example Sentences

To see a former Los Angeles-area high school football player take charge of an aircraft carrier is proof that all that running to gain stamina, all that preaching to work together as a team, all those lectures that practice makes perfect … it’s true.

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So far, practice makes perfect.

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For the the second goal, it was a case of practice makes perfect.

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Call it chemistry, call it instinct, or maybe practice makes perfect.

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The SmartSnap takes some getting used to, but practice makes perfect, and you’ll get plenty of it during your tour.

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