bone up
verb
boned up; boning up; bones up
1
: to try to master necessary information quickly : cram
bone up for the exam
2
: to renew one's skill or refresh one's memory
boned up on the speech just before giving it
Examples of bone up in a Sentence
I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam.
Recent Examples on the Web
In preparation for filming, Murray had been boning up on screenwriting guru Robert McKee’s rules of story structure.
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Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
Encouraged by stern but fatherly Nippon proprietor Takahashi-san (Masahiro Motoki), Kristofer begins helping with kitchen prep and then proves a quick study, boning up on Japanese cooking techniques while also teaching himself the basics of the language.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
The frames still manage to feel highly composed, as if the actors have been blocked to within an inch of their lives; Glazer has clearly boned up on his Haneke.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Natalie Portman is Elizabeth, who, in a genuinely ludicrous plot mechanism, decides to bone up for her role playing Gracie in an upcoming movie by hanging out with the whole family for a few days like some kind of emotional vampire.
—David Faris, theweek, 13 Feb. 2024
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Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
Encouraged by stern but fatherly Nippon proprietor Takahashi-san (Masahiro Motoki), Kristofer begins helping with kitchen prep and then proves a quick study, boning up on Japanese cooking techniques while also teaching himself the basics of the language.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
The frames still manage to feel highly composed, as if the actors have been blocked to within an inch of their lives; Glazer has clearly boned up on his Haneke.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Natalie Portman is Elizabeth, who, in a genuinely ludicrous plot mechanism, decides to bone up for her role playing Gracie in an upcoming movie by hanging out with the whole family for a few days like some kind of emotional vampire.
—David Faris, theweek, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Bone up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20up. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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