brush up
Example Sentences
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And is he financially literate, or does he need to brush up on the basics, too?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Time to brush up on the recipes I had learned during COVID.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
He didn’t really have to get that close or as high, all he had to do was get his kite with its blade edges to brush up against the string of the other kite.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
