I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Everyone else in the class hated him because they thought he was a real swot .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At school I certainly wasn't a swot , but I wasn't a layabout, either.
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In Annie's own youth Ruth would have been a swot in suburbia.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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Select one topical current affairs issue each week and swot up on it from newspapers and magazines.
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For students from the United States, life at Oxford requires more than just swotting up on their chosen subjects.
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This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.
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Teachers spend their breaks preparing lesson plans, and their evenings swotting up on jargon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's sure to pass - he's been swotting away for months.
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I was too busy swotting for my exams to be much interested in girls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For students from the United States, life at Oxford requires more than just swotting up on their chosen subjects.
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Select one topical current affairs issue each week and swot up on it from newspapers and magazines.
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So I strongly advise you to swot it up when you get home tonight.
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Teachers spend their breaks preparing lesson plans, and their evenings swotting up on jargon.
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This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.