brush up on

What does "brush up on" mean?

To review or practice something to refresh one's knowledge

Examples

• I need to brush up on my French before the trip.
• She brushed up on her interview skills.
• Brush up on the company history before the meeting.
• He spent the summer brushing up on his coding skills.

How to use it

Implies you once knew something well but need to refresh it.

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• get up

  To rise from bed after sleeping

• get back

  To return to a place

• get along

  To have a friendly relationship with someone

• get away

  To escape from a place or person

• get over

  To recover from an illness, shock, or emotional upset

• get through

  To successfully complete or finish something difficult