learn the ropes
Speech parts
1. learn the ropes - Verb
2. learn the ropes - Phrase
Meaning
(originally nautical, informal) To learn the basics or master introductory knowledge.
Work slowly and cautiously until you have learned the ropes.
(informal) To learn some skill requiring specialist knowledge.
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Examples
Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. It's an amazing opportunity to be able to learn the ropes at an established company and then employ your expertise at your own company.
A Jamaican bobsled team gets the chance to compete in the Winter Olympics, but they have to leave the warmth of home and learn the ropes of Calgary.
Allen loves basketball and expected to be an assistant coach during her first year as a teacher, to learn the ropes and to ease into things.
Along the way, they meet Sacagawea, a seventeen-year-old Shoshone girl, and learn the ropes of wilderness travel.
Epic Games fixed that with a new version 4.5 update that adds a multi-player practice mode where you get an hour of play time to learn the ropes.
That CEO will have to learn the ropes, and, a more subtle concern, they will be chosen by an administration not renowned for boldness.