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savvy verb to understand UK, 1785 Horribly butchered Spanish saber (to know), used by a monoglot English speaker trying to make himself understood by a foreigner.- He moves his leg, look for the bulge. You savvy bulge? — Get Shorty, 1995
- But you double-cross me, and I’ll come back with dogs–and keep coming back. You savvy? — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 198, 2002
- You can go now, Lovejoy. Any more disobedience, you’ll have more antics for our amusement. Savvy? — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 153, 2003
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