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

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

This will require that you brush up on your fish identification skills, but it's a small price to pay for protecting our fish, saving on groceries and limiting unexpected and urgent trips to the restroom.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

He didn’t really have to get that close or as high, all he had to do was get his kite with its blade edges to brush up against the string of the other kite.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez