noun
a review that refreshes your memory
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I need a rub up on my Latin
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
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transitive verb1. : to revive or refresh knowledge of : recall
rubbed up his Latin in an epitaph for the tomb of some pet dog — Virginia Woolf
2. : to improve the keenness of (a mental faculty)
have begun a course of history … to rub up my memory before I touch on classic ground — Sydney Morgan
3. : to daub (a lithographic stone or plate) with ink preparatory to proofing or running
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rub up
1. To polish
2. To freshen one's memory of
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Main Entry: ↑rub
Useful english dictionary. 2012.