brush up
verb
brushed up; brushing up; brushes up
1
: to improve or polish as if by brushing
2
: to renew one's skill in
brush up your Spanish
: to refresh one's memory : renew one's skill
brush up on math
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Oh, and brush up on those self-rescue skills!
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Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
To that end, the Enhanced version adds an extensive new codex to brush up on all that, on top of a State of the Realm feature, exactly like the one used in Final Fantasy XVI.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Her blond hair was slicked and brushed up and over the right side of her head; the sides circling her ears without touching them.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s a good reminder for all of us to brush up on our phishing detection skills.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
To that end, the Enhanced version adds an extensive new codex to brush up on all that, on top of a State of the Realm feature, exactly like the one used in Final Fantasy XVI.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Her blond hair was slicked and brushed up and over the right side of her head; the sides circling her ears without touching them.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s a good reminder for all of us to brush up on our phishing detection skills.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brush up
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“Brush up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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