read up on (someone or something)
read up
To increase one's knowledge (about someone or something) by reading. Usually followed by "on." I never learned much about politics in school, so I've started reading up to have a better understanding of how it all works. Tom's been reading up on the principles of Feng Shui, and he says he wants to start implementing them in the layout of our home. The more I read up on the political candidate, the more I distrusted him.
See also: read, up
read up on (someone or something)
To increase one's knowledge of a person or topic by reading about them or it. I better read up on this material before I try to teach it tomorrow. The more I read up on the political candidate, the more I came to distrust him.
See also: on, read, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
read up (on someone or something)
to find and read some information about someone or something. Please go to the library and read up on George Washington. I don't know anything about that. I guess I need to read up.
See also: read, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
read up
Study or learn by reading, as in I don't know much about childhood illnesses, but I can always read up on them. [First half of 1800s]
See also: read, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
read up on
v.
To study or learn something by reading: I read up on the places I plan to visit before I travel.
See also: on, read, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- read up
- read about
- read about (someone or something)
- have (one's) nose in a book
- have (one's) nose in a magazine
- have nose in a book
- have your nose in a book, magazine, etc.
- nose in a book, have one's
- read from the same page
- read of (someone or something)