rub up on

1. Refresh one's knowledge, as in I must rub up on my French before we leave for Paris. [Second half of 1700s] Also see brush up, def. 2.

Example Sentences

“As sure as the turning of the Earth, if those progressives rub up on him and say, ‘Hey, they’re never going to buy the Teslas’ – they rub up on him, he’ll write a $500 million check for Hakeem Jeffries,” Bannon said on War Room.

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On the dance floor, amid a sea of neon glow-stick necklaces and couples kissing in matching rainbow bandannas, the DJ urged patrons to “rub up on each other — respectfully.”

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Before the room’s doors opened to the media and the women were revealed, Stephen K. Bannon, the campaign’s chief executive, shared his vision for the spectacle: “They’re going to rub up on you and be crying,” he remembered telling Mr. Trump.

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“And it’s like he knows, he can sense, that maybe they aren’t having a good day. And he will just rub up on them and sit in their lap, and be like, I’m here for you.”

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French must be studied hard all summer if they are to go abroad, and Kent must be coached, as he is very rusty 305 in his French and must rub up on it for lectures at the Beaux Arts.

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