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Definition of Rub up
1. Noun. A review that refreshes your memory. "I need a rub up on my Latin"
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rub Up
Literary usage of Rub up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lambs by William Carew Hazlitt (1897)
"Emma was expecting a summons to return to Fornham; Lamb was helping her to " rub
up " her Latin. LIII Miss Lamb to the Hoods. [Enfield, end of April, 1828], ..."
2. The Lambs: Their Lives, Their Friends, and Their Correspondence; New by William Carew Hazlitt (1897)
"Emma was expecting a summons to return to Fornham; Lamb was helping her to " rub
up " her Latin. LIII Miss Lamb to the Hoods. [Enfield, end of April, 1828]. ..."
3. 595 Pulpit Pungencies: With a Table of Contents by Henry Ward Beecher (1866)
"DO not need a God, whose business it is to rub up the stars and keep A God to
them bright, to turn the vast wheel of the I rub up the ...... sun ..."
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