(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.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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