mug up

Questions about mug up

What does mug up mean?

mug up means "study intensively, as before an exam".

What is another word for mug up?

Close synonyms include cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mug up a common word?

mug up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.