bone up
verb1
Slang To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
- Information acquired in that way, makes an impression ; this "boning" up for an examination is all right as a finishing touch, but it will not last.1913, William Christian Schmeisser, Are You Going To College?, page 132:
- Here's your chance to bone up on the segregating, or crediting, or whatever you call it.1914, Kathleen Norris, chapter 2, in Saturday's Child:
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- Now is the perfect time to bone up on your fashion history.2004 September 14, Kate Novack, “Fashion Literacy”, in Time:
- Related terms
- ramp up