Advertisement
Advertisement
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 ârub up on each other â respectfully.â
Before the roomâs doors opened to the media and the women were revealed, Stephen K. Bannon, the campaignâs chief executive, shared his vision for the spectacle: âTheyâre going to rub up on you and be crying,â he remembered telling Mr. Trump.
âAnd itâs like he knows, he can sense, that maybe they arenât having a good day. And he will just rub up on them and sit in their lap, and be like, Iâm here for you.â
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 burnsâbut experience!"
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse