- do your homework
- to prepare for something by learning as much as you can about it
You could tell from the interviewer's questions that he hadn't really done his homework.
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do your homework
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do your homework — ► to study a subject or situation carefully so that you know a lot about it and can deal with it successfully: »The company working on the project had clearly done their homework on universal design issues. Main Entry: ↑homework … Financial and business terms
do your homework — phrase to prepare for something by learning as much as you can about it You could tell from the interviewer’s questions that he hadn’t really done his homework. Thesaurus: to try to find out informationsynonym Main entry: homework … Useful english dictionary
do your homework — do (your) homework to learn everything you need to know before doing something. If you had done your homework, you would have known it was a silly question to ask … New idioms dictionary
homework — UK US /ˈhəʊmwɜːk/ noun ● do your homework Cf. do your homework … Financial and business terms
homework — home|work S2 [ˈhəumwə:k US ˈhoumwə:rk] n [U] 1.) work that a student at school is asked to do at home →↑classwork do/start/finish your homework ▪ Fiona was lying on the floor doing her homework. biology/history/German etc homework ▪ I need to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
homework — [[t]ho͟ʊmwɜː(r)k[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Homework is school work that teachers give to pupils to do at home in the evening or at the weekend. Have you done your homework, Gemma? 2) N UNCOUNT If you do your homework, you find out what you need to know… … English dictionary
homework — home|work [ houm,wɜrk ] noun uncount * work that a teacher gives a student to do outside of class: Have the kids done their homework? We have two chapters to read for homework. do your homework to prepare for something by learning as much as you… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
homework */ — UK [ˈhəʊmˌwɜː(r)k] / US [ˈhoʊmˌwɜrk] noun [uncountable] work that a teacher gives a student to do out of class Have the kids done their homework? We have two chapters to read for homework. • do your homework … English dictionary
homework*/ — [ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk] noun [U] work that a teacher gives a student to do at home Have the kids done their homework?[/ex] • do your homework to prepare for something by learning as much as you can about it[/ex] You could tell that the interviewer hadn t… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
homework — noun a) Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher. You must do your homework before you can watch television. b) Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research. The speaker had certainly done his homework before… … Wiktionary
