brush up

Example Sentences

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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

Keenan, 24, re-watched parts of season two to brush up on the region’s geopolitics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

“People want to brush up against one another a bit more now,” said Café Kestral owner Dennis Spina to Eater.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025

There’s not a lot of lawyers practicing law, as you and I think of it, who actually ever brush up against the prerogative state.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

“You might want to brush up on your jousting skills,” I said.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline