Meaning of buff up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To improve.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To shine; to make shiny.
   transitive
3. To become more muscular.
   idiomatic, intransitive
4. To study hard to learn a particular subject.
   idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] Mr. Kurz was quickly seen in Europe as the poster boy of an ascendant right for a new generation, a political Wunderkind who had salvaged conservatism by borrowing the far right’s agenda, buffing it up and bringing it into the mainstream.”

“I'll need⟳ to buff up on my Italian before my trip⟳ to Genoa.”

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