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homework
[ hohm-wurk ]
noun
- schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom ( distinguished from classwork ).
- a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.
- thorough preparatory study of a subject:
to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.
homework
/ ˈəʊˌɜː /
noun
- school work done out of lessons, esp at home
- any preparatory study
- work done at home for pay
Idioms and Phrases
see do one's homework .Example Sentences
Once I was really on a destination to see a bird, which I don’t really do, and I hadn’t done any homework, and I was really f**ked.
A very senior international official used the example of the UK-EU rapprochement as an example of the rest of the world coordinating and "doing its homework" as a response to US unreliability.
In an email from the school, parents were told one-hour same-day detentions would also be given out for misdemeanours including forgetting stationery, wearing incorrect uniform and failure to complete homework.
As Rivera mentions, you know you need to find a bank and do your homework; you know that not having a bank account isn't working.
It’s the only scene of its kind in the movie, but the point is made: “Warfare” will not feel like homework.
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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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