swot up on

verb

To study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.

“You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.”

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bone up on
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Meanings

verbswot up on (third-person singular simple present swots up on, present participle swotting up on, simple past and past participle swotted up on)

present singular third person swots up on · participle present swotting up on · participle past swotted up on · past swotted up on

  1. UKinformalTo study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.

    You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.

    2 more examples

    So I went to technical college for several months to swot up on navigation for the exam.

    2004, Robert Carter, Windjammers, page 77

    And while his fellow musicians spent their evenings smoking marijuana, Alan Greenspan busied himself by swotting up on economics and doing the band's accounts.

    2026 June 22, Sam Woodhouse, “Alan Greenspan, architect of the modern American economy, dies aged 100”, in BBC News

    Synonyms: bone up on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.

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bone up on
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“swot up on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swot%20up%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swot up on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swot%20up%20on.

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