crash course
- a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test.
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Also called cram course.
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Contemporary Examples of crash course
Since it was early afternoon, Rinzler gave me a crash-course in “right drinking” over a pot of Chrysanthemum tea.
Meditation Teacher Lodro Rinzler Rebrands Buddhism to Deal with Drinking and SexAllison Yarrow
February 11, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with crash course
crash course
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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