What’s the American or British English equivalent to “take a download from”, meaning get to know the information from someone

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In Indian English, we often use the phrase "take a download from" which isn't common outside India or at least South Asia. This phrase means to get to know the information from someone.

For example, if I am not going to join a class as a student due to illness, I will say, "Mr. Abc will join the class and I will take a download from him." How would a British or American speaker express this sentence?

Best Answer

This phrase means to get to know the information from someone.

For a general verb:

to brief / be briefed

brief (v.)

To give essential information to

The president is being briefed by his advisor m-w

The voice at the other end quickly briefed him on a missing file labeled in code which Johnson later identified as the Jeremy Eastman file. Mel Walter; Justice Perverted (2014)

“I'll brief her and let her know what she missed.” Jerri Williams; Greedy Givers (2019)

Perhaps more appropriate for missed lessons is:

to fill someone in on

US
Informal

To provide someone with additional facts, details, etc. about Collins

fill in (v.)

To give necessary or recently acquired information to

I'll fill you in m-w

Rachel, my very best friend, would come up to visit me daily and fill me in on all the things I had missed at school. Jo Sudenly; I Can't Relate (2011)

“Wait for me at your locker so we can walk home together,” I said. “You need to fill me in on what I missed. Yolanda Ridge; Inside Hudson Pickle (2017)

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