phrasal verb · neutral
swot up (on)
UK/ˈswɒt ʌp ɒn/US/ˈswɑːt ʌp ɑn/SWOT·up
speaking
to study something intensively, especially in order to prepare for an exam
Examples
“She swotted up on the vocabulary the night before the test.”
“I need to swot up on my chemistry for the practical exam.”
“Many students swot up on past papers to understand question formats.”
Band 8 sentence
“Rather than cramming, I prefer to swot up on key theories well in advance so I can discuss them confidently in seminars.”
Collocations
- swot up on a topic
- swot up for an exam
- swot on the details
Word family
swot verbswotting noun
Common mistakes
swot about→swot up on
swot to→swot up on
Say it for a higher band
5study hard→6revise→7+swot up on
Synonyms
revise
Easily confused
revise
“I need to revise the whole unit before the exam.”
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