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While Todd was boning up on Buffy and, um, Party of Five, I was begging my mom for a hardback book about the making of Edward the Seventh.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2016

In the holding room offstage, half an hour before the debate, Dukakis was boning up on his answers, rehearsing prepared lines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the vice director of the Metropolitan Museum was boning up again, this time to use the language on its home grounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even before Rogers became famous as Trapper John in the TV series M*A*S*H, he was boning up on finance and managing the money of his friends, Actors Peter Falk, James Caan and Jack Webb.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prime problem in corset making when the Brothers Warner went into it was boning.

From Time Magazine Archive