polish up


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polish up

vb (adverb)
1. to make or become smooth and shiny by polishing
2. (when: intr, foll by on) to study or practise until adept at; improve: polish up your spelling; he's polishing up on his German.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.polish up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
brush up, round off, polish, round
perfect, hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
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Translations

w>polish up

vt sep
shoes, floor, silver etc → polieren, auf Hochglanz bringen
(fig: = improve) style → aufpolieren, verfeinern; work → überarbeiten; one’s French etc → aufpolieren (inf); you’d better polish up your ideas (inf) → du solltest dich besser auf den Hosenboden setzen (inf)
vi → sich polieren lassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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