mug up

mugged up; mugging up; mugs up

Definition of mug up

intransitive verb

British

: to study intensively (as for an examination)

transitive verb

: to work up by study

Examples of mug up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Anyone who has ever worked in a cannery knows that 'mug up' is a colloquial term for coffee break. — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, "Funding for Alaska’s commercial fisheries division in good shape, with $300K going to chinook project," 29 Apr. 2018

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“Mug up.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mug%20up. Accessed 8 December 2019.

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