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learn by heart

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learn something by heart

Fig. to learn something so well that it can be written or recited without thinking; to memorize something. The director told me to learn my speech by heart. I had to go over it many times before I learned it by heart.

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learn by heart

Also, learn by rote. See under by heart.

See also: heart, learn