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/tˈɑrgət prˈæktəs/ Listen

Target practice

noun

Practice in shooting at targets.

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"Target practice" Quotes from Famous Books

... battles and returned with newly won laurels and a fund of interesting experiences. Besides, campaigning in the Philippines had convinced him that diplomacy, though perhaps not always so exciting, was preferable to a life whose daily routine was enlivened only by target practice, dress-parades and the occasional diversion of chasing naked men about in ...

— When Dreams Come True • Ritter Brown

... stopped, as though against an iron bar. In the blue eyes that looked at him, now, over the dark barrel of the revolver, he read no uncertainty of purpose. The small hand that had drawn the weapon with such ready swiftness, was as steady as though at target practice. Instinctively, the man half turned, throwing up his arm as if to shield his face from a menacing blow. "For God's sake," ...

— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright

Words linked to "Target practice" : exercise, practice session, recitation, drill, practice