Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “know/learn the ropes“ and its meaning is “to learn or develop the basic skills (or qualities) to do a particular job/task and to acquire expertise in it”.
Example Sentence: Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann’s performance as Chief Minister will be watched outside Punjab too. As a border State with a volatile history, there are unique governance challenges. With little experience in government, his task is cut out — to learn the ropes quickly. He will be watched also for the reason that AAP is claiming to have become the only viable challenger to the BJP at the national level.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Mann of the moment: On Punjab’s new CM and the AAP model and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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