swot up (sth)
— phrasal verb with swot uk/swɒt/us/swɑːt/verb [ I ] -tt- UK informal or child's word
to learn as much as you can about a subject, especially before an exam:
She's at home, swotting up on her maths.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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