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  Practice makes perfect

  Doing something over and over makes one better at it.
• practice makes perfect
  practice makes perfect

  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.

Practice makes perfect

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

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practice makes perfect Idioms  

1. 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.

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Practice makes perfect, as they say, and the Kraken sure are getting a lot of it.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

Practice makes perfect We offer guidance here, but after making just a couple of batches, you’ll figure out the best settings for your pot and stove.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2020

Practice makes perfect: Simms said he knew he wanted to someday open his own restaurant but "didn't know how to do it."

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2015

The thought here is old: Practice makes perfect.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2012

Practice makes perfect, I guess, and we be getting plenty of practice these days.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

Vince Lombardi established the importance of this when he observed practice doesn’t make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024

And as practice makes perfect, they’re really honing their craft!

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2020

Eventually, you may be ready for Julia’s five pages of omelet directions, including helpful line drawings … practice makes perfect.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2017

If practice makes perfect, Elizebeth was approaching perfection.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield