hit the books , auch: pound the books

For now, though, the Soviet students are still hitting the books.

Michael still hit the books, but the games were the real focus of his emotional life that year.

She had to make up her classes, get assignments and hit the books.

Urban kids had it worse, hitting the books for 48 weeks a year.

How can that record affect you, long after you've stopped hitting the books?

He began hitting the books, and curfew was no longer an issue.

Somebody had clearly hit the books overnight, to learn the proper word.

A graduate student has to hit the books hard.

During his interview, he advised the audience to watch an hour of television, "but then hit the books."

The next generation of American leaders is hitting the books again, and the challenges they face today are greater than ever.

If she needed to hit the books, she made it fun.

When they hit the books, students should also consider where, how long and with whom they will study.

"I look forward to hitting the books under your tutelage!"

Instead of battling the school, they hit the books.

"Go back to the heartbreak hotel and hit the books?

"Margo, I see you have been hitting the books hard."

"I would hit the books to a degree, but I was a very social person.

But if you hit the books and do your homework, you might be able to make a bit of cash.

Hitting the books was not what he did and it was the summer anyway.

And, he says, he spent every other waking moment hitting the books.

This means buckling down, hitting the books, burning the midnight oil.

Though the cast may be entering their college years, don't expect the entire gang to hit the books.

Studies show that hitting the books with your preschooler improves early literacy.

I'll probably take a nap, then try to hit the books for a while ."

Off to my room to hit the books."