brush something up

brush something up
ˌbrush sthˈup | ˌbrush ˈup on sth derived
to quickly improve a skill, especially when you have not used it for a time

I must brush up on my Spanish before I go to Seville.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • brush something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light of, trivialize; informal pooh pooh. → …   Useful english dictionary

  • brush up on or brush something up — work to regain a previously learned skill. → brush …   English new terms dictionary

  • brush something aside — she brushed aside his repeated warnings Syn: disregard, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • brush something aside — Syn: disregard, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside, reject, spurn, laugh off, make light of; informal pooh pooh …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • brush off something — brush off (someone/something) to not accept someone or something as being important. When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off. But the prime minister brushed off that… …   New idioms dictionary

  • brush off someone — brush off (someone/something) to not accept someone or something as being important. When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off. But the prime minister brushed off that… …   New idioms dictionary

  • brush off — (someone/something) to not accept someone or something as being important. When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off. But the prime minister brushed off that criticism,… …   New idioms dictionary

  • brush under the carpet — If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • brush — brush1 S3 [brʌʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(object for cleaning/painting)¦ 2¦(trees)¦ 3¦(movement)¦ 4¦(touch)¦ 5 6¦(tail)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1, 3 6; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Early French broisse, from Old French broce ( …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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