bones (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bone (up)
as in studies
to use the mind to acquire knowledge I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam

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  1. studies
  2. goes over
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  • Ladish helped build Anthropic's security team from September 2021 to October 2022 before leaving to found Palisade Research, which studies whether humans can remain in control of increasingly capable AI systems.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The scale of an investment such as this one is asymmetrical with the legal and administrative capacity of a small, rural community, said Anthony Pipa, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies development and policy in rural areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Occasionally, the suicide seems to be spur of the moment; a depressed person sees a high section without a guardrail and goes over.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Hollywood Drift’s visual drama will be out the front, with the stretch that goes over the CityWalk sidewalk, well beyond the path that Rockit took.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of goes over
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“Bones (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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