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noodleenthusiast
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No, 'you know the drill' is a phrase that is used when telling someone to do something that they do often and/or know how to do. For example:
A: Should I pick up the parcel?
B: You know the drill.
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@noodleenthusiast but ive seen this expression being defined as " you know what comes next"
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Can you give me the context of when you would use it to mean that please?
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-"I was talking to that guy and he suddenly began to lash out at me"
-"what did you do then?"
-" you know the drill"
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No, I understand what you're trying to say, but it sounds unnatural, it would sound better just to say 'you know what happened next'.
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@noodleenthusiast ok thank you very much indeed :)
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