swot up on

English

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

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