bone up
[verb]
Synonyms: cram, mug up

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bone up phrasal verb INFORMAL
to learn as much as you can about something for a special reason:
She boned up on economics before applying for the job.

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bone up
bone up (on (something))
to study or improve your understanding of something, esp. for a test.
The test includes history, math, and languages, so I'll have to bone up on a lot of subjects.

With new developments in medicine happening all the time, doctors continually need to bone up.

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bone up
to study or review (something)
I decided to take a course at night to bone up on my Spanish.

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bone up
v., informal To fill with information; try to learn a lot about something in a short time; study quickly.
Carl was boning up for an examination.
Jim had to make a class report the next day on juvenile delinquency, and he was in the library boning up on how the courts handle it.

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