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rub up on
Idioms and Phrases
Refresh one's knowledge, as in I must rub up on my French before we leave for Paris . [Second half of 1700s] Also see brush up , def. 2.Example Sentences
On the dance floor, amid a sea of neon glow-stick necklaces and couples kissing in matching rainbow bandannas, the DJ urged patrons to “rub up on each other — respectfully.”
Before the room’s doors opened to the media and the women were revealed, Stephen K. Bannon, the campaign’s chief executive, shared his vision for the spectacle: “They’re going to rub up on you and be crying,” he remembered telling Mr. Trump.
“And it’s like he knows, he can sense, that maybe they aren’t having a good day. And he will just rub up on them and sit in their lap, and be like, I’m here for you.”
French must be studied hard all summer if they are to go abroad, and Kent must be coached, as he is very rusty 305 in his French and must rub up on it for lectures at the Beaux Arts.
"I could rub up on French and German, and read up the treatment for toothache and burns—but experience!"
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