do homework

do your homework

to learn everything you need to know before doing something If you had done your homework, you would have known it was a silly question to ask.

do your homework

to make careful preparations so that you know all you need to know about something and are able to deal with it successfully They hadn't done their homework, or they'd have known it was a waste of time asking her that question.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iosue	-	Biblical Latin
Cevdet	-	Turkish
Daria	DAHR-yah (Italian, Polish, Romanian), DAHR-ee-ə (English), DER-ee-ə (English), DAR-ee-ə (English)	Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Priti	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Rodolf	RO-dawlf (German)	German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Asher	['æʃə]