BRUSH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brush up mean? 

• BRUSH UP (verb)
  The verb BRUSH UP has 2 senses:

1. refresh one's memory

2. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

  Familiarity information: BRUSH UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUSH UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refresh one's memory

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

brush up; refresh; review

Context example:

I reviewed the material before the test

Hypernyms (to "brush up" is one way to...):

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

brushup (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

brush up; polish; polish up; round; round off

Context example:

polish your social manners

Hypernyms (to "brush up" is one way to...):

hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

If you feel you could still learn more, you will have Saturn at your side for eight months of 2020, so you can brush up on any financial areas you still want to master.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)