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What does brush up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word brush up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
  2. (idiomatic) To review; to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill.
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Alternatively, brush up on your negotiating skills and drive a hard bargain at the showroom.
Oh that reminds me I also have to brush up on my French, because I'm gonna be fluent by the end of summer, just you wait.
And while we're talking definitions, perhaps the five-star fink who took my display would like to brush up on the definition of good citizenship.
A team from the farm and the auction mart spent several hours giving the beasts a wash and brush up before the sale on Tuesday.
Four bored ghosts duplicitously call on our heroic paranormal exterminators to brush up on their scare tactics and have a little fun.
Drivers are being offered a chance to brush up on their skills in a six-week course.

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