Usually means: Study intensely, usually for exams.
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  1. hit the books: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the books: Vocabulary.com
  3. hit the books: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. hit the books: Wiktionary
  5. hit the books: Dictionary.com
  6. hit the books: Rhymezone
  7. hit the books: FreeDictionary.org
  8. hit the books: ESL Idiom Page
  9. hit the books: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hit the books: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hit the books: Encyclopedia

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  1. hit the books: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit the books: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hit the books: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hit the books)

▸ verb:  (chiefly US and Australia, informal, figuratively) To study, especially with particular intensity.

Similar:
buff up, read, take, gen up, buckle down, dig into, bone, study, major in, eat one's terms, more...

Opposite:
slacking off, procrastinating, goofing off, avoiding studying

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Similar:
buff up, read, take, gen up, buckle down, dig into, bone, study, major in, eat one's terms, more...

Opposite:
slacking off, procrastinating, goofing off, avoiding studying



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