know-how

know-how

The knowledge, experience, or talent required to do something. We need someone with the know-how to set up and oversee a new branch of the company. If you don't have the know-how to fix this, please find someone who does!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

know-how

n. the knowledge of how to do something. I don’t have the know-how to do this job.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • close with
  • close with (someone or something)
  • subordinate
  • subordinate to
  • subordinate to (someone or something)
  • hold (someone) in good stead
  • stead
  • have the goods
  • accompany (one) with (some instrument)
  • accompany with
References in periodicals archive
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Based on the successful AOL "Business Know-How Forum" comes "Business Know-How: An Operational Guide for Home-based and Micro-sized Businesses with Limited Budgets." Unlike other books covering only a fraction of what it takes to successfully set up, maintain and develop a small business, "Business Know-How" acknowledges the full spectrum of business practices, from setting up your office to marketing, public relations and Internet capabilities.
And stuff to buy
The proposed regulations provide that a transaction involving the transfer of a computer program will be classified as either the transfer of a copyright right, the transfer of a copyrighted article, the provision of services relating to the development of a computer program or the provision of know-how. A transaction involving more than one category will be broken into its separate components unless, under the facts and circumstances, the importance of a particular transaction is de minimis.
Proposed software regulations
You don't have to be rich to invest, but you do need a little know-how. Here are a few tips on how to grow your income.
How to turn $100 into a six-figure nest egg
For Leonardo, arte was a skill, a know-how applied both to his scientific experiments and to painting.
The big picture