crash course

noun

: a rapid and intense course of study

also : an experience that resembles such a course

has been given a crash course in diplomacy in his first weeks in office

Examples of crash course in a Sentence

Before her trip, she took a crash course in Russian culture and history at the local university.

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Participants received a crash course in broadcast media, honing their skills in sideline reporting, play analysis, color commentary and in-studio work. —

Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 Lighting has been a crash course for Dani Klarić too. —

Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024 Eggers follows suit, setting Ellen on a morbid crash course to ultimately recognize the inevitability of her situation and make the decision to give herself over to destruction. —

Megan McCluskey, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024 To watch the set’s 20 films in a row is to take an indispensable crash course in the pleasures of a director whose work is still, oddly, a bit underrated given its richness. —

Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crash course