# learn how to do sth

idiom · CEFR A1

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/learn-how-to-do-sth
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

To get the knowledge or skill needed to do a particular activity.

## Examples

- I want to learn how to do this.
- She spent the whole weekend trying to learn how to do the new computer program for her job.
- After years of watching the masters, he finally began to learn how to do the intricate craft that had defined his family for generations.

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