learn by rote
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A lot of players learn by rote so that things eventually become automatically - that's difficult to do in a short space of time unless you have the natural talent.
From BBC • May 10, 2017
Instead, teachers drum into students a ton of stuff they must learn by rote so as to jump through hoops leading up to the all-important university entrance examination.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2012
They're not pack animals," says Shefferman, "and they don't learn by rote, like dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And there is also an ode, which we had to learn by rote, and begins with the lines-- 'Sun, thou sinkest, Sun, thou sinkest, Sink in peace then, oh, thou sun!'
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
She found it very hard to learn by rote all the psalms and hymns.
From Ditte: Girl Alive! by Nexø, Martin Andersen