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Meaning of "bone up"



 
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Meaning of "bone up" #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2004 15:25 pm   Meaning of "bone up"
 

Test No. incompl/advan-52 "Bones", question 6

We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ......... on my French.

(a) in
(b) to
(c) with
(d) up

Test No. incompl/advan-52 "Bones", answer 6

We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone up on my French.

Correct answer: (d) up

Hello! Could you anyone tell me what does "bone up" mean?
Many thanks in advance
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Bone up #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2004 16:20 pm   Bone up
 

'to bone up on something' means 'to improve someting' so if you bone up your French you practise to get better.

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Bone up #3 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:05 pm   Bone up
 

thank you, Torsten
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Meaning of "bone up" #4 (permalink) Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:47 am   Meaning of "bone up"
 

Alan, in your test you use the phrase bone up ON French .whereas in your reply to you say "so if you bone up your French you practise to get better." Here you did not use the word "ON your French " is it that both ' bone up your French and bone up "ON" your French are correct.Please do explain it to me . i'm confused. Thanks.
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Meaning of "bone up" #5 (permalink) Sun Sep 25, 2011 14:35 pm   Meaning of "bone up"
 

Personally, I have only heard 'bone up on something'. Perhaps Torsten's reply was a typo.
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