parrot-fashionadverb
uk/ˈpær.ətˌfæʃ.ən/us/ˈper.ətˌfæʃ.ən/UKIf you learn or repeat a piece of text parrot-fashion, you learn or repeat the exact words, usually without understanding them.
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Saying again
- circle
- drum
- echo
- flog
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run around in circles idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- inculcate
- indoctrinate
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- rake
- recapitulate
- regurgitate
- reiterate
- repetitive
- retweet
- tautology
- trot
- wheel
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