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HIT THE BOOKS
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Learn by reading books
Example:
I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
Synonyms:
hit the books; study
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "hit the books" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
"Hit the books" entails doing...:
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hit the books"):
con; learn; memorise; memorize (commit to memory; learn by heart)
bone; bone up; cram; drum; get up; grind away; mug up; swot; swot up (study intensively, as before an exam)
Sentence frames:
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