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

At one burn, Hanson proposed that we make a side trip and wade through the brush up on a steep canyon wall where, he assured me, we would find even more saplings just breaking through.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

“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

“You may go to my room to brush up and rest yourself. Mariequita will show you.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin