... to get the president elect briefed up on somethings ...

[alice-5]

What does "brief up on" mean in the below sentence?

"we really need to get the president elect briefed up on somethings.............."

 

[SoothingDave]

Did you look up "brief" as a verb?

 

[alice-5]

There isn't brief up in the advanced dictionary.

 

[probus]

@alice-5 whenever you quote any material you must give the source and author. This is a legal requirement.

Also, are you sure the source says "somethings" and not "some things"?

 

[alice-5]

The sentence is from book "plan of attack" written by Woodward!

 

[SoothingDave]

There isn't brief up in the advanced dictionary.

Did you look up "brief" as a verb?

 

[alice-5]

Did you look up "brief" as a verb?

yes

 

[SoothingDave]

yes

And it didn't give you any idea of what this could mean?

What does it mean if you remove "up?"

 

[alice-5]

what is up after brief?

 

[probus]

@alice-5 please remember to start every sentence with a capital letter.

 

[SoothingDave]

I am trying, in vain, to get you to understand what the sentence means if you remove the word "up."

Because the word "up" here doesn't add any meaning.

 

[alice-5]

In your opinion, is this sentence correct?

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

What does "brief up on" mean in the below sentence?

"We really need to get the president elect briefed up on somethings ..."

See my corrections above. An ellipsis consists of just three dots after a space.
Was "somethings" in the original or did you copy it incorrectly? It should be "some things".

There isn't "Brief up" doesn't appear in the advanced dictionary.

See my corrections above. Which "advanced dictionary"? You need to tell us the full name of the dictionary (and capitalise it correctly).

The sentence is from the book "Plan of Attack" written by Woodward.

Either say "the book" or simply put the book title straight after "from".
Capitalise titles correctly.
We need the author's first name as well.

Yes.

See my corrections above.

What is does it mean when "up" is used after brief?

See my corrections above.

It's very important to capitalise and punctuate your texts correctly on the forum (and everywhere else). You made no such errors in post #12 so we can see that you're able to write correctly.