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What is another word for
brushing up
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Present participle for to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill
Present participle for to study to improve one's knowledge of a given subject
Present participle for to improve the condition of something
Present participle for to clean or remove dirt with a brush
Present participle for to stimulate or jog (someone's memory) by checking or going over previous information
Present participle for to recall or thoughtfully
Present participle for to wash or clean something
Present participle for to reread written material
Present participle for to revive or reinvigorate, for example through rest, drink, or food
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Verb
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Present participle for to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill
improving
enhancing
refining
honing
perfecting
practising
UK
practicing
US
bettering
polishing up
working on
going over
upgrading
ameliorating
cultivating
polishing
touching up
augmenting
uplifting
fine-tuning
boosting
promoting
amplifying
building on
enriching
beefing up
elevating
raising
progressing
advancing
lifting
developing
strengthening
increasing
furthering
smartening up
meliorating
fortifying
reinforcing
improving on
building
smartening
straightening out
aggrandizing
appreciating
growing
stepping up
embellishing
reenforcing
building up
optimizing
US
envigorating
invigorating
stimulating
vitalizing
optimising
UK
expanding
fostering
heightening
magnifying
sharpening
brightening
intensifying
prospering
making better
compounding
extending
helping
boosting up
supplementing
benefiting
forging ahead
cleaning up
moving forward
benefitting
fast-tracking
working out
endowing
making progress
working up
burnishing
scaling up
updating
shaping up
making headway
making strides
polishing up on
tightening
revising
making improvement
tempering
smoothing
illuming
propelling
consolidating
inflating
topping up
driving
elaborating on
tightening up
making perfect
adding value to
perking up
bumping up
favouring
UK
favoring
US
aiding
inspiriting
adding to
upping
driving forward
giving a facelift to
advantaging
giving a lift to
giving a boost to
supercharging
contributing to
doing up
sprucing up
encouraging the growth of
titivating
emending
mending
rectifying
fixing up
revamping
excelling
changing for the better
amending
correcting
reforming
transcending
mitigating
redressing
remediating
fixing
forwarding
assuaging
sophisticating
acculturating
socializing
US
taming
civilizing
US
fleshing out
humanizing
US
civilising
UK
socialising
UK
humanising
UK
bolstering
expanding on
enlightening
edifying
adding detail to
adding flesh to
elaborating
educating
training
instructing
spiritualizing
ethicizing
ennobling
helping forward
enlarging on
complementing
working hard at
broadening
embroidering
devoting oneself to
getting better at
brushing up on
taking the next step
gaining ground
putting flesh on the bones of
souping up
filling out
jazzing up
reclaiming
giving a boost
teaching
expatiating
taking to the next level
grooming
forming
detailing
preparing
utilizing
US
exploiting
giving details
enlarging
sharping up
expatiating on
picking up
setting right
deepening
utilising
UK
launching
pushing on
hastening
pushing ahead
parlaying
exalting
pressing on
pressing forward
getting with it
multiplying
bringing forward
forging ahead with
thriving
continuing ahead
making headway with
sweetening
pyramiding
spiking
padding
getting ahead of
coming on
taking it to the next level
jacking up
making richer
adding value
hiking up
running up
hopping up
constantly improving
continually updating
constantly updating
continuously updating
beautifying
revitalizing
US
rehabbing
redrafting
revitalising
UK
reviving
reworking
revivifying
easing
moderating
sustaining
refurbishing
editing
facilitating
saving
maintaining
retouching
repairing
resurrecting
restoring
reanimating
fining
snazzing up
glamming up
dressing up
more ❯
“It involved a superhuman effort on my part and you may want to make notes here in case you want to
brush up
your culinary skills.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to study to improve one's knowledge of a given subject
studying
cramming
reviewing
relearning
rereading
revising
swotting
reading up
boning up on
mugging up
mugging up on
swotting up
swotting up on
polishing up
boning up
brushing up on
researching
getting up
grinding away
genning up
looking into
finding out about
“I would like to
brush up
my knowledge about this subject to match yours.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to improve the condition of something
refreshing
renewing
refurbishing
retouching
renovating
cleaning up
improving condition
touching up
improving
amending
reworking
modifying
repairing
restoring
remodeling
US
smartening up
remodelling
UK
patching up
perfecting
freshening
repainting
putting finishing touches on
polishing
doing up
making improvements
enhancing
giving a face-lift
revamping
rounding off
finishing off
freshening up
glossing
revising
correcting
fixing
reconditioning
rectifying
mending
fixing up
reconstructing
overhauling
emending
redrafting
revitalizing
US
revivifying
altering
revitalising
UK
making over
rewriting
changing
redeveloping
editing
rebuilding
refitting
rejuvenating
reconstituting
rehabilitating
modernizing
US
doctoring
recovering
setting right
modernising
UK
straightening out
reviving
bringing up to date
reanimating
righting
rescripting
bettering
reforming
refining
rewording
patching
reinstating
remastering
restituting
updating
redeeming
regenerating
upgrading
furbishing
tuning
getting into shape
re-establishing
reestablishing
re-creating
breathing new life into
servicing
vamping up
setting to rights
giving a new look to
sprucing
remedying
rephrasing
debugging
emendating
adjusting
redressing
regulating
ameliorating
resurrecting
red-penciling
red-pencilling
rehabbing
fine-tuning
helping
ironing out
rescuing
salvaging
salvageing
bringing back
curing
putting right
squaring
adapting
reinforcing
sorting out
making good
rehashing
going over
picking up
paying dues
reorganizing
US
reclaiming
reorganising
UK
making right
fiddling with
setting straight
scrubbing
doing over
clearing up
shaping up
getting with it
turning around
putting in order
cleaning up your act
dealing with
reviewing
setting the record straight
replacing
tempering
mitigating
benefiting
facilitating
saving
benefitting
strengthening
bolstering
meliorating
fortifying
remediating
boosting
beefing up
enriching
maintaining
stimulating
easing
moderating
sustaining
vitalizing
honing
fining
recalibrating
rebranding
reenforcing
redrawing
checking
tightening
massaging
overwriting
writing over
tidying up
preparing for publication
doctoring up
redecorating
gentrifying
refurnishing
reerecting
putting back into its original condition
bringing up to code
returning to a former state
giving a facelift to
returning to a former position
recasting
clarifying
redacting
subediting
censoring
bowdlerizing
US
expurgating
bowdlerising
UK
more ❯
“They could certainly do a bit more to
brush up
the room's cleanliness.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to clean or remove dirt with a brush
brushing off
brushing
dusting
cleaning
clearing
removing
scouring
scrubbing
tidying
whisking
brushing away
cleaning up
clearing away
clearing up
tidying up
disposing of
wiping
washing away
sweeping up
mopping up
tidying away
raking
hoovering
eliminating
mopping
getting rid of
scraping
brooming
buffing
vacuuming
expelling
sweeping
putting away
packing away
packing up
clearing out
uncluttering
moving
taking out
taking away
extracting
shifting
drawing
carting off
doing away with
extricating
sweeping away
carrying away
carrying off
decluttering
cleansing
sanitizing
US
washing
expurgating
sterilising
UK
sterilizing
US
sanitising
UK
purifying
laundering
smartening
blitzing
sprucing up
tarting up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stimulate or jog (someone's memory) by checking or going over previous information
refreshing
prompting
stimulating
jogging
prodding
activating
arousing
cueing
renewing
rousing
helping out
giving someone a cue
reviving
revitalizing
US
restoring
rejuvenating
revivifying
reanimating
resuscitating
enlivening
recreating
freshening
bracing
repairing
renovating
inspiriting
exhilarating
vivifying
updating
modernizing
US
cheering
quickening
replenishing
regaining
cooling
breathing new life into
revitalising
UK
reinvigorating
bringing around
modernising
UK
Verb
▲
Present participle for to recall or thoughtfully
reviewing
recalling
remembering
recollecting
evoking
analysing
UK
analyzing
US
checking
debriefing
recapping
reflecting on
rehashing
rereading
swotting
thinking through
summoning up
thinking back on
checking thoroughly
going over
going through
harking back to
hashing over
looking back on
looking over
polishing up
running over
running through
calling to mind
running up flagpole
casting your mind back to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to wash or clean something
laving
cleansing
washing
rinsing
scrubbing
dousing
wiping
laundering
sponging
soaping
dipping
drenching
hosing
cleaning up
washing up
bathing
soaking
showering
dowsing
douching
flushing
lipping
sluicing
having a wash
cleaning oneself
taking a bath
washing oneself
scrubbing yourself down
taking a shower
washing out
freshening up
having a shower
washing down
having a bath
cleaning
deterging
shampooing
hosing down
sluicing down
rinsing out
scouring
mopping
doing
swilling
swabbing
absterging
washing away
polishing
flossing
GIing
lathering
disinfecting
moistening
wetting
dry-cleaning
doing the dishes
swilling down
doing the laundry
sanitizing
US
purifying
decontaminating
sterilizing
US
sterilising
UK
sanitising
UK
making clean
scrubbing down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reread written material
rereading
revisiting
reviewing
revising
reexamining
reading
reading again
going over
checking through
going through
looking back over
studying again
coming back to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to revive or reinvigorate, for example through rest, drink, or food
refreshing
reviving
revitalising
UK
revitalizing
US
renewing
restoring
rejuvenating
envigorating
invigorating
enlivening
stimulating
energising
UK
energizing
US
revivifying
regenerating
reanimating
inspiriting
resuscitating
recharging
strengthening
reinvigorating
exhilarating
freshening
fortifying
recreating
repairing
quickening
refreshening
vivifying
cheering
renovating
modernising
UK
modernizing
US
updating
replenishing
regaining
pepping up
kick-starting
bucking up
perking up
waking up
breathing new life into
giving new strength to
bringing around
topping up
cooling down
blowing away the cobwebs
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