- Asserted - Demanded forcefully - Laid down the law - Laid down the law about tidiness - Refused to compromise - Refused to give way - Was emphatic about tidiness
- Custom - Dental surgery drill - Drill found in dentist's surgery - GP’s operation could make perfect - Rehearsal - Systematic training - Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual
performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit;
custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making
regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.