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Definition of brush up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brush up

phrasal verb

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brush something up | brush up on something

to quickly improve a skill, especially when you have not used it for a time
- I must brush up on my Spanish before I go to Seville.
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