HIT THE BOOKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hit the books mean? 

• HIT THE BOOKS (verb)
  The verb HIT THE BOOKS has 1 sense:

1. learn by reading books

  Familiarity information: HIT THE BOOKS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIT THE BOOKS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Learn by reading books

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

hit the books; study

Context example:

I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now

Hypernyms (to "hit the books" is one way to...):

acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)

"Hit the books" entails doing...:

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hit the books"):

con; learn; memorise; memorize (commit to memory; learn by heart)

bone; bone up; cram; drum; get up; grind away; mug up; swot; swot up (study intensively, as before an exam)

Sentence frames:

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