read up

Meaning

1. read sth up

   to read a lot about a subject

   I'll need to read up on the case before the meeting.

In the movies · 10

• Read up on it, sheep. Mind control.Godzilla vs. Kong2021
• Marcie just read up a long list of great novels.The Peanuts Movie2015
• It's an interesting animal. I'll have to read up on those.The Aviator2004
• How so Well after your performance last night I thought I should read up on youThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
• I wanted to read up on what happened at the beach but the Wi-Fi isn't working.Leave the World Behind2023
• She had her pa read my name up on that stage and nowThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023
• Any idiot can read a heads-up display.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• I was sorry to read you gave up your search after he died.The Lost City2022

From the same entry

• read between the lines
• read like a book
• read my lips
• read the Riot Act
• take it as read
• read back
• read into
• read on
• read out
• read over