Usually means: Study intensively over short period.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word bone up:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. bone up: Merriam-Webster
  2. bone up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bone up: Vocabulary.com
  4. bone up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bone up: Wiktionary
  6. bone up: Dictionary.com
  7. bone up: Rhymezone
  8. bone up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bone up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. bone up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bone up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. bone up: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. bone up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bone up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. bone up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bone up)

verb:  (intransitive, slang) To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.

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