fire drill v. fire practice v. fire recitation

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Drill means learn by repitation. Sometimes in schools there might be fire drills against the real fire dangers. Can we say "fire practice" or "fire recitation" instead of "fire drill" ?

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"A fire drill interrupted the lesson."

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AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

hhttDrill means learn by repitation. Sometimes in schools there might be fire drills against the real fire dangers. Can we say "fire practice" or "fire recitation" instead of "fire drill" ?

No. "Fire drill" is a set phrase.

Anytime you see a phrase defined in a dictionary, you can safely assume that it is a set phrase.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fire-drill?a=british

Hhtt · Answer

AlpheccaStars hhttDrill means learn by repitation. Sometimes in schools there might be fire drills against the real fire dangers. Can we say "fire practice" or "fire recitation" instead of "fire drill" ?No. "Fire drill" is a set phrase. Anytime you see a phrase defined in a dictionary, you can safely assume that it is a set phrase.http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fire-drill?a=british

What does a "set phrase" mean? And there is a common concept called "fire practice". Does "fire practice" about to the medical?

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AlpheccaStars · Answer

hhttWhat does a "set phrase" mean?

It is a phrase (a sequence of words) with a particular meaning, similar to an idiom.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/set-phrase

"fire drill" is a set phrase in American English. We do not use any other expression for the meaning "an occasion where everyone pretends that there is an emergency situation and needs to evaluate the building."

So is "fire escape."

"fire practice" is British English. I have never heard that phrase.

Hhtt · Answer

AlpheccaStars hhttWhat does a "set phrase" mean?It is a phrase (a sequence of words) with a particular meaning, similar to an idiom.http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/set-phrase "fire drill" is a set phrase in American English. We do not use any other expression for the meaning "an occasion where everyone pretends that there is an emergency situation and needs to evaluate the building."So is "fire escape.""fire practice" is British English. I have never heard that phrase.

What does "to evaluate the building" mean here?

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