Practice makes perfect

Doing something over and over makes one better at it.

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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.

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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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