hit the books

English

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Verb

hit the books (third-person singular simple present hits the books, present participle hitting the books, simple past and past participle hit the books)

(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)
Romanian: pune pe învățat
Russian: зубри́ть (ru) (zubrítʹ)
Spanish: hincar los codos (es) (colloquial)

See also

crack a book

References

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

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