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Definition of
brush up phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
brush up
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
brush something
up
|
brush up on something
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to quickly improve a skill, especially when you have not used it for a time
I need to brush up on my Spanish before I go to Seville.
See
brush up
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Nearby words
brush off
phrasal verb
brush-off
noun
brush up
phrasal verb
brushwood
noun
brushwork
noun