hit the books

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Verb

hit the books

1. (chiefly US and Australia, informal, figuratively) To study, especially with particular intensity.

   They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.

Translations

study

• Czech: šrotit, šprtat (cs)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: зубри́ть (ru) (zubrítʹ)

References

• “hit the books”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.