a crash course
/ə ˈkræʃ ˌkɔːs/NEUTRAL · B2
Meaning
a short period of lessons that teaches a lot very quickly
Examples
- 1Before moving to Madrid, Tom took a crash course in Spanish.
- 2The new lifeguards get a crash course in first aid before the pool opens for the summer.
- 3I had two weeks before the interview, so my brother gave me a crash course in coding.
- 4Is there a crash course that could teach me basic Italian before our trip next month?
- 5Losing my job was a crash course in budgeting; within a month I learnt to live on half as much.
Grammar
A countable noun phrase: a crash course, plural crash courses. The subject usually follows in.
More idioms about education
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