bone up

Example Sentences

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I want to be clear that this is not necessarily a requirement, that everybody bone up on Nietzsche.

From Salon • May 15, 2022

The senior surgeon at a Paris hospital put the image of a woman's forearm with a Kalashnikov bullet lodged near the bone up for sale online as an NFT.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2022

So, voters, fish your ballot out of your mail pile and bone up to ensure strong leaders are leading our region’s cities, counties, schools, port districts and other local jurisdictions.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

So, he welcomed their interest and began to bone up on what Meyerhoff had accomplished.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 24, 2019

If we were going to play by our own rules, we’d have to bone up on our acting skills.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon