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Definition of Mug up
1. Verb. Study intensively, as before an exam. "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Related verbs: Cram
Generic synonyms: Hit The Books, Study
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Swot
Definition of Mug up
1. Verb. (intransitive) To study intensely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mug Up
Literary usage of Mug up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"I certainly did not care to — the wind was strong and there was an annoying slop
on; moreover, I wanted my tea and bite, my " mug-up," before going to work. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Possibly from slang mug for face, in which case to mug would nearly correspond
in one of its applications with the mug up, to (theatrical), to paint one's ..."
3. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"I certainly did not care to — the wind was strong and there was an annoying slop
on; moreover, I wanted my tea and bite, my " mug-up," before going to work. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Possibly from slang mug for face, in which case to mug would nearly correspond
in one of its applications with the mug up, to (theatrical), to paint one's ..."
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