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Definition of bone up on
bone up on
verb
- to review prior studies.
I've got to bone up on calculus before the placement test.
Citation from "A.T. the Abusive Terrestrial", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 12 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Apr 08 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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| Definitions include: an extremely skinny person. | |
| Definitions include: to eat food, to have a meal. | |
| Definitions include: euphemism for overweight. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: screwed over or left out. | |
| Definitions include: completely. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid. | |
| Definitions include: feces. | |
| Definitions include: a cemetery. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly due to fear. | |
| Definitions include: having frequent sex. | |
| Definitions include: of a marijuana smoking device, empty. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: to review prior studies. | |
| Definitions include: "dog and bone" is Cockney slang for phone. | |
Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
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