square-bashing

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square-bashing

(Military) military slang Brit drill on a barrack square

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square-bashing - drill on a barracks square

military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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square-bashing

[ˈskwɛəˌ bæʃɪŋ] n (Brit) (Mil) (fam) → esercitazioni fpl

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