hit the books
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Since then lawyers and judges have hit the books to see how the Founding era handled arms and whiskey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
And again, what Weber was doing with the warranty has been illegal since 1975, when the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act first hit the books.
From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2022
It's almost back-to-school time, are you ready to hit the books?
From Fox News • Aug. 18, 2021
Each night, in her hut along a bumpy dirt road, the 17-year-old lit a single solar-powered bulb dangling from the ceiling and hit the books, plotting out a future much different than her mother’s.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2021
I went to school, but I never really hit the books.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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