swot up (on sth)

— Phrasal Verb with swot

/swɒt/ verb [I] (present participle swotting, past tense and past participle swotted) UK informal (US cram)

Definition

› to learn as much as you can about a subject, especially before an examination

(Definition of swot up (on sth) from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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