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close-order drill
[ klohs-awr-der ]
noun
Military.
- practice in formation marching and other movements, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard.
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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.
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By the time they were in grade school, close-order drill was as natural as breathing and as hateful as hell.
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If the Nats had been better or luckier last year, snuck into the playoffs and made some noise, the Big Marine might have trouble with close-order drill in February.
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There were no drill instructors, and there was no marching or close-order drill.
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Maurice, one of the most important innovators in military science, originated the close-order drill.
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