"book up" meaning in English

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        "To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets."
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        "(transitive) To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets."
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          "text": "Flights are beginning to book up as people flee the region.",
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        "To have all of its tickets or reservations purchased."
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        "(intransitive) To have all of its tickets or reservations purchased."
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          "name": "Chess",
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            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
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          "ref": "2022 May 8, Colin McGourty, “Superbet Classic 3: Aronian’s great escape, Deac beats Rapport”, in Chess24:",
          "text": "There would be more extraordinary clock goings on in the big game of the day, Aronian-Firouzja, which began by giving a partial answer to the question of what Alireza Firouzja had been doing for the last five months. He’d been booking up on some old theory!",
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        "To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage."
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          "line"
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        "(chess, slang) To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage."
      ],
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        "slang"
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        "chess",
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        "To study or learn (something)."
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        "(transitive, slang) To study or learn (something)."
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    {
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        "singular",
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        "To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets."
      ],
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          "book",
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        "To have all of its tickets or reservations purchased."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To have all of its tickets or reservations purchased."
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          "text": "There would be more extraordinary clock goings on in the big game of the day, Aronian-Firouzja, which began by giving a partial answer to the question of what Alireza Firouzja had been doing for the last five months. He’d been booking up on some old theory!",
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        "To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage."
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        "(chess, slang) To study opening lines in great detail in order to gain an advantage."
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        "To study or learn (something)."
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        "(transitive, slang) To study or learn (something)."
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