crash course

noun

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

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: 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

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

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As with Pose, there’s an overt educational element, including a crash course in the five elements of voguing: hands, catwalking, duckwalking, floor work, and spins and dips.

— spencer kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Pose and the Uncapturable Brilliance of the Ballroom," 7 June 2018
Cameras and microphones seem magnetically drawn to Mailata, whose workout at the end of a three-month NFL crash course for international athletes led to the Birds’ trading up in the seventh round to draft him 233rd overall.

— les bowen, Philly.com, "Jordan Mailata is so big, it's hard to keep expectations small," 25 May 2018
But supporters have tried to cast Maul’s experience as the governor’s travel aide as a kind of crash course that even years of on-the-job experience can’t replace.

— elizabeth koh, miamiherald, "How does an inexperienced 30-year-old become hurricane chief? Win Rick Scott's trust. | Miami Herald," 25 May 2018
Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu Visitors get a crash course in Mardi Gras history and traditions at this museum on the second floor of the Central School Arts & Humanities Center.

— jody schmal, Houston Chronicle, "Where to stay and play in Lake Charles," 10 May 2018
Hudson spent last spring and offseason getting a crash course in how to play viper.

— nick baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, "What's next for Michigan's Khaleke Hudson? Anything he wants," 9 May 2018
But my wife has decided that there is still hope for me even at this advanced age and has stepped in to fill the TV viewing void with a crash course on foreign films.

— david zurawik, baltimoresun.com, "After 40 years of loving TV baseball, I've tuned out thanks to the Orioles and MASN," 3 May 2018
Minnesota's younger players are still learning what their contributions mean to a winning team, a process for which there is no crash course.

— rob mahoney, SI.com, "The Timberwolves Keep Moving Forward," 26 Apr. 2018
What followed, Macron himself has since confirmed, was a crash course featuring videos of the Trump grab-and-jerk handshake, followed by sessions where France’s youngest leader since Napoleon practiced power handshakes of his own.

— howard lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, "Trump-Macron: True partners, or just friends?," 24 Apr. 2018

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