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swot up on

swot up on verb: to study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.

Verb

swot up on (third-person singular simple present swots up on, present participle swotting up on, simple past and past participle swotted up on)

  1. (UK, informal) To study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.
    • You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.
    • So I went to technical college for several months to swot up on navigation for the exam.2004, Robert Carter, Windjammers, page 77
    Synonyms:
    bone up on

Synonyms of swot up on

  • bone up on

Forms of swot up on

third-person singular presentswots up on
present participleswotting up on
past participleswotted up on
pastswotted up on

Questions about swot up on

What does swot up on mean?
Swot up on means to study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.
What part of speech is swot up on?
Swot up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of swot up on?
The past tense of swot up on is swotted up on.

Words near swot up on in the dictionary

  1. swosh
  2. swoshed
  3. swoshes
  4. swoshing
  5. swot
  6. swot up on
  7. swot vac
  8. swot vacs
  9. swot-vac
  10. swot-vacs
  11. swots

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