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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Guy Fieri got a crash course on this sophisticated, high-tech theft after a sobering call from the president of his company.
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Listeners receive a crash course in the surprising complexities of polar medicine—Varnam serves as the crew’s doctor, nurse, and dentist all at once—as well as a taste of life aboard a sailing vessel bound for such remote territory.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Open six days a week, the museum gives a crash course in traditional Scottish Highlands dress with tartans and kilts dating back the 17000s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, an ongoing CBA negotiation has offered a B-school level crash course on the economics of professional sports.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Listeners receive a crash course in the surprising complexities of polar medicine—Varnam serves as the crew’s doctor, nurse, and dentist all at once—as well as a taste of life aboard a sailing vessel bound for such remote territory.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Open six days a week, the museum gives a crash course in traditional Scottish Highlands dress with tartans and kilts dating back the 17000s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, an ongoing CBA negotiation has offered a B-school level crash course on the economics of professional sports.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Crash course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash%20course. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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