crash course
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crash course

noun

Definition of CRASH COURSE

: a rapid and intense course of study; also : an experience that resembles such a course <has been given a crash course in diplomacy in his first weeks in office>

Examples of CRASH COURSE

  1. Before her trip, she took a crash course in Russian culture and history at the local university.

First Known Use of CRASH COURSE

1966

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