HyperDic: brush_up

English > 2 senses of the expression brush up:
VERBcognitionbrush up, review, refreshrefresh one's memory
changebrush up, polish, round, round off, polish upbring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
English > brush up: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition
Meaningrefresh one's memory.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Synonymsreview, refresh
Broaderremember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, thinkrecall knowledge from memory
Spanishrefrescar la memoria
Nounsbrushuppractice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
English > brush up: 2 senses > verb 2, change
MeaningBring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymspolish, round, round off, polish up
Broaderperfect, honemake perfect or complete
Spanisharreglar, completar, pulir, redondear
Catalanafinar, arrodonir, completar, polir

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