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. (idiomatic)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. (slang, transitive)To beat up, annoy or insult (someone).

1. I want to brush up my English.

   ruЯ хочу освежить мой английский.

   deIch möchte mein Englisch auffrischen.

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

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5. He brushed up his English during his stay in London.

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• brush upпереглянути, переглядатиTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
• brush offігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
• brush asideігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
• brush outTo clean a form using lye or turpentine.
• brush downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
• 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.