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Definition of Brush up

1. Verb. Refresh one's memory. "I reviewed the material before the test"

2. Verb. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state. "Polish your social manners"

Definition of Brush up

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brush Up

brush by brush catheter brush cut brush discharge brush down brush fire brush habitat brush heap structure brush kangaroo brush layering

brush off brush offs brush on brush turkey brush turkeys brush up (current term) brush wheel brush wheels brush wolf brushabilities

brushability brushable brushback brushbacks brushbar brushbars brushcutter brushed brushed aside brushed by

Literary usage of Brush up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Charles Lee Lewes: Containing Anecdotes, Historical and by Charles Lee Lewes (1805)
"But as this gentleman is on the carpet, I must, without his leave, make free to brush up a few stories in rny way, that may have been under his polishing. ..."

2. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"Civilisation once more—A wash and brush up—The Residency—Kashmir merchants—A deer-drive—Preparations for a fresh start—Meteors— Down the ..."

3. The Calcutta Christian Observer (1836)
"He next brushes towards the child, and continues, " Brash up integrity of character, brush up successfulness of character ; brush up stores, brush up ..."

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