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Idiom

crash course

Meaning

A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I took a crash course to learn how to use this software.”

“Since I have to travel to Italy next week, I am taking a crash course in basic Italian phrases.”

“Before the project deadline, the team underwent a crash course in data analysis to ensure they could interpret the complex results accurately.”

Examples

simple

“I took a crash course to learn how to use this software.”

contextual

“Since I have to travel to Italy next week, I am taking a crash course in basic Italian phrases.”

complex

“Before the project deadline, the team underwent a crash course in data analysis to ensure they could interpret the complex results accurately.”

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