gen up

Verb

gen up (third-person singular simple present gens up, present participle genning up, simple past and past participle genned up)

1. (UK, informal, intransitive) To study in detail; to familiarize oneself with all available information.
   • I find the doctors are very surprised when they realise I'm genned up about my condition.2005, Gervase Phinn, Up and Down in the Dales, →ISBN
   • So the heroic infant was able to gen up on all she needed to know about the making of bathtub gin by consulting a selection of large and impressive volumes in the reference section.2011, Frank Key, Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke, page 19
2. (UK, informal, transitive) To inform or teach with all relevant details; to brief.
   • It was also new to be listening to talk of bribery and corruption in high places, and Michael Murray saw it as his duty to gen me up on this.2007, Desmond FitzGerald, Many Parts, →ISBN, page 160
   • I offered him a deal where he was to gen me up on aerobatics in return for the kudos Of being one Of the first two squadron pilots to aerobat an Anson.2009, Goronwy Edwards, Flying to Norway, Grounded in Burma, →ISBN, page 50