mug up
(adverb) British slang to study (a subject) hard, esp for an exam
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How to use mug up in a sentence
They've given us the whole of "Ivanhoe" to mug up for a holiday task.
Mr. Punch with The Children | VariousFor Macdonald was essentially a scholar; he did not merely mug up notes by German commentators an hour before the lesson.
The Loom of Youth | Alec WaughTwice he took the mug up and put it down agin without starting and asked 'em wot the little game was, but they on'y laughed.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection | W.W. JacobsHe did his mug up in tissue paper and cotton batting and kept it locked up in his third bureau drawer.
Tell Me Another Story | Carolyn Sherwin BaileyMost of the men lighted a pipe, and one or two took a 'mug-up' from the coffee-kettle.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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