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do one's homework
Idioms and Phrases
Be well prepared, as in Steve had done his homework before the meeting and could answer all of the client's questions . This usage transfers a school assignment to a broader context. [c. 1930]Example Sentences
“Nonprofits also file a 990 form with the I.R.S. It is important to do one’s homework, or have a lawyer, financial adviser or accountant work with you.”
“What is necessary in this situation is to do one’s homework in the countries that are in a critical situation.”
At Dumas, that means offering sympathy that a student's parents had a fight the previous night but then insisting on the need to do one's homework anyway.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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