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Meanings of mug up in English

Portuguese
marrar

To study intensively, as before an exam.

marrar
Usage of mug up in English
1
I bring the mug up to my lips and drink every last drop.
The Girl on the Train
2
Just fill that mug up with lukewarm water, William, will you?
Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
3
Quentin held the mug up to the light.
Archer’s Goon
4
Margrit snatched Alban's mug up and swung it as hard as she could into the monster's temple.
Heart of stone
5
Have a wonderful Christmas from the social care network team You'll have to mug up a little bit more!
The Guardian
6
He did his mug up in tissue paper and cotton batting and kept it locked up in his third bureau drawer.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
7
Inevitably, I hop on a Virgin Express train to Wigan, availing of its complimentary Wi-Fi to mug up on my subject.
The Guardian
8
What the hell else is there to do? Bast brought his mug up from underneath the bar and looked into it.
The Wise Man’s Fear
9
Making him mug up material for Winwood's speeches and write letters to constituents about football clubs is using a razor to cut butter.
The Fortunate Youth
10
I gathered the pictures up, slipped them into the envelope, picked my coffee mug up in the other hand, and went for the door.
Bloody Bones
11
No need to be mugging up on briefs on the tribunal steps.
The Irish Times
12
I read about him at Vane's, mugging up poetry for that exam.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
13
I've been mugging up that beastly drill, and can't remember a line of it.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
14
I got some anchors in and brought Mugs up.
Climbing Magazine
15
Well, we mugged up about seven o'clock.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
16
But saying thank you for asking me that question but, the thing is, I really haven't mugged up on that.
The Guardian
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Translations for mug up
Portuguese
marrar