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BRUSHUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brushup mean?
• BRUSHUP (noun)
The noun BRUSHUP has 1 sense:
1. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
Familiarity information: BRUSHUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
brushup; review
Hypernyms ("brushup" is a kind of...):
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brushup"):
rub up (a review that refreshes your memory)
Derivation:
brush up (refresh one's memory)
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