rub up

1. 1.

   a review that refreshes your memory

   “I need a rub up on my Latin”

   Broaderreview

   United Kingdom

Questions about rub up

What does rub up mean?

rub up means "a review that refreshes your memory".

Is rub up a common word?

rub 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.