crash course

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noun

a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test.

Also called cram course.

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Main Entry:	crash course
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	a fast, intensive training in or study of a subject, esp. on the basics; also called cram course
Example:	They took a crash course on French before the trip.

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Crash course is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Idioms & Phrases

crash course

A short, intensive training course, as in Daisy planned to take a crash course in cooking before she got married. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences

So veterans looking for a move into the commercial world often need a crash course in the basics.

Estimating big game weights: a crash course for the curious.

We've been wanting to expand our horizons, though, and yesterday's session gave us a crash course in on-location flexibility.

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