swot up

Example Sentences

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Their traders swot up on all sorts of exotic sporting knowledge, but for the Paralympics they will only be putting up odds for the likes of David Weir and Ellie Simmonds, if at all.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2016

So if you want to get the scoop on friends and colleagues, swot up on this list…

From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2015

At City, the coaches recall how they would give him DVDs to swot up on the opposition then realise he was watching Laurel and Hardy movies instead.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2014

Failing that you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013

My diagnostic eye had foreseen a birthday and, as a matter of fact, I was getting rather funky and wishing I had Hermann's 'Midwifery' to swot up.

From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora