bone up

Verb bone up has 1 sense

• bone up(v = verb.cognition) bone, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
is one way to hit the books, study
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