rub up on

Idioms

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.

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rub up on

"I could rub up on French and German, and read up the treatment for toothache and burns—but experience!"

From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris

Nice to rub up on the old days!

From Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

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