Meaning

2 senses

  1. (literally)To polish something to make it shiny.

  2. (figuratively)To hone (one's skills).

More definitions
  • bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Try to polish up your English.

    ruПопробуйте подучить английский. — Kostia

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  2. It's time to polish up my English for a trip.

    ruПора подтянуть английский к поездке. — LanguagesLover

    deEs ist Zeit, mein Englisch für eine Reise aufzupolieren. — carlosalberto

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  3. I polished up the floor and furniture.

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  4. I need to polish up the grammar.

    ruМне надо подтянуть грамматику. — marafon

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Forms

polishes up, polishing up, polished up, polished up
Base formpolish up · to polish up
3rd person singularpolishes up
Present participlepolishing up
Past simplepolished up
Past participlepolished up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypolish up
he, she, itpolishes up

Past simpleLesson

all personspolished up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave polished up
he, she, ithas polished up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill polish up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
polish up on
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
polisPolishB2politeA2politelyB1politenessB2
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