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"ref": "2011, Frank Key, Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke, page 19",
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"(UK, intransitive, informal) To study in detail; to familiarize oneself with all available information."
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"text": "I offered him a deal where he was to gen me up on aerobatics in return for the kudos Of being one Of the first two squadron pilots to aerobat an Anson.",
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