Read up meaning
Read up is a phrasal verb that means to read extensively in order to learn about a subject.
- Past simple
- read up
- Past participle
- read up
- -ing form
- reading up
What read up means
C1
To read extensively in order to learn about a subject
I read up on the company before the interview.
Similar phrasal verbs
With read: read something into something, read out, read over.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does read up mean?
To read extensively in order to learn about a subject.
What is the past tense of read up?
Read up, which is also its past participle.
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