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mug up

(Social Science / Education) (adverb) Brit slang to study (a subject) hard, esp for an exam

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Verb

mug up - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

bone, bone up, grind away, swot, swot up, cram, drum, get up

cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"

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? mug up

vt sep

(Brit inf: also mug up on) to mug something/one’s French up, to mug up on something/one’s French → etw/Französisch pauken (inf)

to mug it up (US) → zu dick auftragen

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