read up on

verb

read up on; reading up on; reads up on

: to read a lot about (something) in order to learn about it

I read up on the history of the war.

Examples of read up on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One gets the sense that maybe this humble presentation is all on purpose; that maybe there’s a pill in the peanut butter—that this argument is being made by a filmmaker who spent a decade reading up on urban theory. — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

Put on your best leather jacket and read up on everything to know about where the cast of Knight Rider is today. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

History buffs, meanwhile, will likely want to spend their days in town reading up on Groveland’s colorful past. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026

Over sessions lasting one to two days, the model read up on each target and chose which surface of it to aim at. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for read up on

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• deuteron
• echelon
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