polish up
Britishverb
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to make or become smooth and shiny by polishing
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to study or practise until adept at; improve
polish up your spelling
he's polishing up on his German
Example Sentences
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The summer months were a time to bulk up or slim down, to polish up the 3-point shot or develop a post-up game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2025
"We've got to polish up a couple of the areas where the game has sat on a knife-edge and we haven't been able to grab it," said McCullum.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2023
He didn't go back and polish up the verse.
From Salon • May 12, 2023
To polish up my desk, I even bought some danish oil — which is still sitting unopened in my basement somewhere.
From The Verge • Aug. 3, 2022
Meanwhile, in another part of town, Charles Chiltington was sitting in his father’s library, working with the college student who’d been hired to help him polish up his extra-credit essay.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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