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crash course
noun
- a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test.
Idioms and Phrases
A short, intensive training course, as in Daisy planned to take a crash course in cooking before she got married . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
Pasta al limone is an exercise in simplicity and restraint — a crash course in emulsification resulting in a bright, silky dish that makes for a perfect weeknight spring meal.
Lewis Hamilton said his first race for Ferrari was "a big crash course" after he finished 10th in a chaotic Australian Grand Prix.
The crash course addresses another unusual aspect of this work.
The programme is a 10-week crash course for athletes from around the world to learn the skills needed to succeed in the NFL and give them the opportunity to earn a roster spot.
He offered up a crash course on the 80-million-year history of geologic forces that sculpted this masterpiece at the edge of the continent.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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