By rote (6-7)
I believe the answer is:
parrot-fashion
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">by rote</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for parrot-fashion that I've seen before include "By rote (haute couture for birds?)" , "(Learning) by rote" .)