crash course
nounDefinition 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
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Check back later for a crash course on happiness from Santos. — CBS News, "How happy are you really?," 12 July 2018 Culinary Backstreets offers gastronomic tours ($95 for 7 hours, includes all food and drink) of Tbilisi that include a full wine tasting as well as a crash course on chacha, the local moonshine. — Debra Kamin, New York Times, "36 Hours in Tbilisi," 7 June 2018 Musk’s vehicle seems to bypass that potentially-hazardous plan by hauling each child out in a pod, potentially eliminating the need to give the soccer players a crash course in diving. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Elon Musk says SpaceX is building a ‘kid-sized submarine’ to rescue trapped soccer team," 7 July 2018 McElwain, who has been aided by former Michigan wideout and current grad assistant Roy Roundtree, implemented a crash course on fundamentals earlier this year. — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan football's Tarik Black, Donovan Peoples-Jones separate at WR," 6 June 2018 Meghan is getting a crash course in royal tour style — something her sister-in-law Kate Middleton is well versed in. — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, "Meghan Markle Has Already Rocked Two Very Different Looks Today in Ireland: See the Photos!," 11 July 2018 Barb gets a crash course in a foreign culture through her son’s captors, who have endured their share of loss and pain under the shah’s brutal regime. — F. Kathleen Foley, latimes.com, "'Hostage' at the Skylight Theatre: a shattering slice of the Iranian crisis," 12 June 2018 While husband Prince Harry has grown up in this world of tradition and rules and corgis, Markle is getting a crash course. — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, "Prince Harry Subtly Telling Meghan Markle To Curtsy Is The Classiest Thing I've Seen All Week," 12 June 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, San Antonio Express-News, "Where to stay and play in Lake Charles," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crash course.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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