bone up
informal— phrasal verb with bone uk/bəʊn/us/boʊn/verb
to learn as much as you can about something for a special reason:
She boned up on economics before applying for the job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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