brush up
Example Sentences
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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 ● Feb. 2, 2026
Hoiland and Edwards said they believed that if they could brush up this data, they could predict where geothermal fields are and make exploration less risky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Schoenfeld recommended that those who live in high fire risk areas brush up on evacuation plans and make sure they have a go-bag with essential items as wildfire season approaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
There’s not a lot of lawyers practicing law, as you and I think of it, who actually ever brush up against the prerogative state.
From Slate ● May 27, 2025
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
