swotverb [ I ]
uk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/-tt- UK informal or child's wordto study hard, usually by reading about or learning something, especially before taking an exam
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Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- know which side your bread is buttered (on) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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Phrasal verb(s)
swot up (sth)
swotnoun [ C ]
uk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/plural -tt- UK informal or child's wordsomeone, usually a child, who studies very hard
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Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- brain
- bright spark
- clever
- gnome
- intellect
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- pretty
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- wit
- wonk
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