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drill and kill

drill and kill
 v. phr.— «She said teachers spend too much time “teaching to the test” or as they call it, “drill and kill.”» —“Is ‘No Child Left Behind’ passing the test five years later?” by Guy Farmer Nevada Appeal (Carson City) Jan. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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