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to mug up
[phrase form: mug]
01
to study or learn something quickly, especially in preparation for an exam or an important event
Dialect
British
British
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
up
Base verb
mug
Present tense
mug up
3rd person singular
mugs up
Present participle
mugging up
Past simple
mugged up
Past participle
mugged up
Examples
With the exam approaching, he decided to mug up on the key concepts the night before.
