"gen up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gens up [present, singular, third-person], genning up [participle, present], genned up [participle, past], genned up [past]
Etymology: From gen, meaning information. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gen up (third-person singular simple present gens up, present participle genning up, simple past and past participle genned up)
  1. (UK, intransitive, informal) To study in detail; to familiarize oneself with all available information. Tags: UK, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-gen_up-en-verb-wpDxcjHr Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46
  2. (UK, transitive, informal) To inform or teach with all relevant details; to brief. Tags: UK, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-gen_up-en-verb-Ac~lirzD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): podkuwać się [imperfective] (Polish), podkuć się [perfective] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 55 45

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In any case, I need to be genned up for this research.",
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