standard operating procedurenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌstæn.dəd ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ prəˌsiː.dʒər/us/ˌstæn.dɚd ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ prəˌsiː.dʒɚ/abbreviation SOP USthe usual way of doing something:
Checking references before we lend money is standard operating procedure.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- shortcut
- vein
- whereby
- workings
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