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Noun: brushup  'brúsh,úp
  1. Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
    "He needed a quick brushup on his Spanish before the trip";
    - review, brush-up
Noun: brush-up  'brúsh,úp
  1. [Brit, informal] A quick clean or tidy
    "Give the kitchen a brush-up before the guests arrive"
Verb: brush up
  1. Refresh one's memory
    "I need to brush up on my Spanish before the trip";
    - review, refresh, revise [Brit]
     
  2. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
    "brush up your social manners";
    - polish, round, round off, polish up

Derived forms: brush-ups, brushes up, brushups, brushing up, brushed up

Type of: call back, call up, drill, exercise, hone, perfect, practice, practice session, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think