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hit the books

Idioms  
  1. Study with concentrated effort, as in At exam time we all hit the books. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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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

This is a big week for Ozzie Vazquez, the young whiz kid and Chinatown resident who hit the books hard in both Mexico and Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2019

I went to school, but I never really hit the books.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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