know (something) backwards and forwards
know (something) backwards and forwards
To be extremely familiar with a particular subject, field, or piece of writing, film, music, etc. I've read this book so many times, I know it backwards and forwards. You should ask Samantha about the issue—she knows car engines backwards and forwards.
See also: and, backward, forwards, know
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
know something backwards and forwards and know something forwards and backwards
Fig. to know something very well; to know a passage of language so well that one could recite it backwards as well as forwards. Of course I've memorized my speech. I know it backwards and forwards.
See also: and, backward, forwards, know
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- know backwards and forwards and know forwards and backwards
- know like a book, to
- bend
- bend over backward(s)
- bend over backwards
- bend over backwards to do something
- bend/lean over backwards to do something
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