brush up
Example Sentences
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Modern audiences brush up against directors trying to make 21st-century opera fresh.
“Rowdy,” I whispered, “something is messing around with the brush up there. You don’t suppose it could be that smart monkey?”
From Literature
With the typically busy spring season around the corner, buyers and sellers wondering what this means for their plans shouldn’t panic—but brushing up on local real-estate trends wouldn’t hurt.
From Barron's
With the typically busy spring season around the corner, buyers and sellers wondering what this means for their plans shouldn’t panic—but brushing up on local real-estate trends wouldn’t hurt.
From Barron's
Biathlon fans brush up your Italian -- but also your German, for the events this Winter Olympics will be in South Tyrol in Italy, an autonomous province bordering Austria and Switzerland.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
