crash course

American  

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

In under two hours, “Marc by Sofia” gives a crash course in fashion’s endless possibilities.

From Salon

As squad cars waited outside the family’s Lakeland, Florida, trailer home, she gave them a crash course in how to care for the 4-month-old.

From Salon

Americans are about to get a crash course in the global economy — and it’s not just about oil supply.

From MarketWatch

It has been a depressing crash course on the sea change in Silicon Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s been a crash course for him, he said, on the often arcane laws that govern who gets to stay in America and who doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times