"close order drill" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, page 186",
          "text": "Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, page 340",
          "text": "Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Gregg Stoner, The Yellow Footprints to Hell and Back",
          "text": "One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention."
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          "marching",
          "marching"
        ],
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          "formal",
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          "arms",
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          "shoulder-to-shoulder",
          "shoulder-to-shoulder"
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          "attention",
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        "(military) Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "extended order drill"
        },
        {
          "word": "in close order"
        }
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        {
          "word": "close-order drill"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops",
          "word": "tūmatohi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close order drill"
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      "word": "in close order"
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          "ref": "2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, page 186",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.",
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        },
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          "text": "One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.",
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        "Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention."
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        "(military) Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "close-order drill"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops",
      "word": "tūmatohi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "close order drill"
}