phrasal verb · neutral

read up on

UK/riːd ʌp ɒn/US/riːd ʌp ɑn/READ·up·on

speakingtask2

to study or research a subject so you are prepared or better informed

Examples

“I need to read up on climate change before my presentation.”

“She read up on the company before the interview.”

“Try reading up on recent studies to support your argument.”

Band 8 sentence

“Before the seminar I read up on the latest studies so I could discuss them confidently.”

Collocations

  • read up on a topic
  • read up on the background

Word family

read up on verbreading up on verb (gerund)

Common mistakes

I read up the topic before class.→I read up on the topic before class.

Yesterday I readed up on the subject.→Yesterday I read up on the subject.

Say it for a higher band

5study→6research→7+read up on

Synonyms

study up on

Easily confused

look up

“I looked up the word in a dictionary, but I read up on the whole theory.”

Related words

keep up withcatch up (on)know something inside outhit the booksburn the midnight oilput one's nose to the grindstonebe snowed under (with)cram for

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