Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brush_up

1 sense of brushup

Sense 1
review, brushup -- (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)
       => exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation -- (systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brush_up

2 senses of brush up

Sense 1
review, brush up, refresh -- (refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test")
       => remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories")

Sense 2
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up -- (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners")
       => perfect, hone -- (make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!")

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