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crash course

American  

noun

  1. a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test.


crash course Idioms  
  1. A short, intensive training course, as in Daisy planned to take a crash course in cooking before she got married. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]


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Ian Tostenson, head of the British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association, described being in a host city as a crash course in "the enormity of the World Cup".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

They have been given a crash course in Scottish culture.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Much of the formal content from the nearly three-day retreat could be found at almost any crash course on entrepreneurialism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Week 17, at Tampa Bay, TBD: Baker Mayfield reignited his career after a crash course in the Rams offense in 2022 under Zac Robinson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Gail would have triumphed at Jerry’s, I’m sure, but for me it’s a crash course in exhaustion management.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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