brush up

1. To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.

   April 10, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to William Wycherley You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbours.

2. (идиома)To review; to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill.

   I'll need to brush up (on) my Greek before my trip to Athens.

   aufpolieren, auffrischen

   освежа́тьosvežátʹ, освежи́тьosvežítʹ

3. (сленг, переходный)To beat up, annoy or insult (someone).

1. I want to brush up my English.

   Я хочу освежить мой английский. — odexed

   deIch möchte mein Englisch auffrischen. — Espi

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2. She studied abroad in order to brush up her English.

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3. He went to America last year to brush up his English.

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4. If you're going to go to France, you should brush up on your French.

   Если ты собираешься во Францию, тебе надо освежить твой французский. — odexed

   deWenn du vorhast, nach Frankreich zu gehen, solltest du dein Französisch auffrischen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. It's good to brush up on the basics.

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неправильный

• brush upосвежить, освежатьTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
• brush offотмести, отметатьTo disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
• brush downотчитывать, распекатьUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
• brush asideне принять во внимание, не принимать во вниманиеTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
• brush outTo clean a form using lye or turpentine.
• brush backTo throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
• brush overTo barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
• brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.