What does "once "mean in the sentence below?
When they had 【once】 got it by heart, the sheep develop a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating"four legs good, two legs bad!"

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What does "once "mean  in the sentence below?
When they had 【once】 got it by heart, the sheep develop a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating"four legs good, two legs bad!"

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When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end, never growing tired of it.

Ok, strange language. Even after "the" --> "they".
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Not a usual use of once.
Once they  they

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Typos. could you correct the question please?

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It could mean as soon as or at that point.
A bit similar to writing 'once x happened, then y'

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