What does brush up mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. review, brush up, refreshverb

    refresh one's memory

    "I reviewed the material before the test"

  2. polish, round, round off, polish up, brush upverb

    bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

    "polish your social manners"

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  1. brush upverb

    To review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill.

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  1. brush up

    To brush up means to review, improve, or refresh one's knowledge or skills in a particular area. It usually refers to a quick revision or practice to regain proficiency in something that one has studied or learnt before.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brush up in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brush up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of brush up in a Sentence

  1. Bonham Carter:

    Then she said: 'But you're going to have to brush up and be more groomed and neater,' then she said: 'Get the smoking right. I smoked in a very particular way. Remember that -- this is a big note -- the cigarette holder was as much a weapon for expression as it was for smoking.'.

  2. Grigor Dimitrov:

    I was a bit rusty obviously and need to brush up on a few things and come back and get a bit better, i just want to play as many matches as possible on grass. It's a tough field here and you have to be on the edge every single round.

  3. Allyson Gantt:

    There's just something magical about this place with the clear dark water below and the soft wispy cypress needles above, the cypress trees are usually covered with bromeliads, spiky air plants that gather water from dew and rain and simply use their host trees for support. On a windy day, the cypress trees clatter just a little bit as they brush up against each other.


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