brush up
verb
brushed up; brushing up; brushes up
1
: to improve or polish as if by brushing
2
: to renew one's skill in
brush up your Spanish
: to refresh one's memory : renew one's skill
brush up on math
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Her books occupy the borderlands of realism and fable, where the plausible brushes up against the impossible, and the laws of narrative logic are bent just enough to let in the surreal.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
But Kupiansk is once again brushing up against the front lines.
—Ellie Cook
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
That feeling — of brushing up against something new, strange and must-know — is felt by many and more often now than ever before.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
That means brushing up on your exfoliation game, especially when flakes, excess sebum, or styling residue start overstaying their welcome.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
But Kupiansk is once again brushing up against the front lines.
—Ellie Cook
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
That feeling — of brushing up against something new, strange and must-know — is felt by many and more often now than ever before.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
That means brushing up on your exfoliation game, especially when flakes, excess sebum, or styling residue start overstaying their welcome.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brush up
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“Brush up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20up. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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