rub up
noun
1 rub up
A review that refreshes your memory.
verb
Roget 658:
improve;
be better,
become better,
get better;
mend,
amend.
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascend
etc.
305;
increase
etc.
35;
fructify,
ripen,
mature;
pick up,
come about,
rally,
take a favorable turn;
turn over a new leaf,
turn the corner;
raise one's head,
sow one's wild oats;
recover
etc.
660.
be better
etc.
adj.,
be improved by;
turn to right account,
turn to good account,
turn to best account;
profit by,
reap the benefit of;
make good use of,
make capital out of;
place to good account.
render better,
improve,
mend,
amend,
better;
ameliorate,
meliorate;
correct;
decrassify†.
improve upon,
refine upon;
rectify;
enrich,
mellow,
elaborate,
fatten.
promote,
cultivate,
advance,
forward,
enhance;
bring forward,
bring on;
foster
etc.
707;
invigorate
etc.
(strengthen)
159.
touch up,
rub up,
brush up,
furbish up,
bolster up,
vamp up,
brighten up,
warm up;
polish,
cook,
make the most of,
set off to advantage;
prune;
repair
etc.
(restore)
660;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60.
review,
revise;
make corrections,
make improvements
etc.
n.;
doctor
etc.
(remedy)
662;
purify,
etc.
652.
relieve,
refresh,
infuse new blood into,
recruit.
reform,
remodel,
reorganize;
new model.
view in a new light,
think better of,
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.
palliate,
mitigate;
lessen an evil
etc.
36.
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