rub up

rub up

vb (adverb) Chiefly Brit

1. (when intr, foll by on) to refresh one's memory (of)

2. (tr) to smooth or polish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin" brushup, review - practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

? rub up

vt sep

vase, table → blank reiben, (auf)polieren

to rub somebody up the wrong way (Brit) → bei jdm anecken

vi the cat rubbed up against my leg → die Katze strich mir um die Beine; to rub up against all sorts of people (esp Brit fig) → mit allen möglichen Leuten in Berührung kommen