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know 1. noun ► in the knowtrendy, fashionable US, 1958 2. verb ► know b from bull footto know anything at all. Usually used in the negative TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003.► know backwardsto have a thorough knowledge of something UK, 1904.► know how many beans make fiveto be not easily fooled UK, 1830.► know inside outto have a thorough knowledge of something UK, 1921.► know like the back of your handto have a thorough knowledge of something. A simile that is easier said than done UK, 1943.► know someone who knows someoneto be able to obtain an article for less than its retail price, referring to either wholesale rates or the acquisition of stolen property UK, 1984.► know the scoreto understand what is going on. Referring to a musical score, not the score of a sports contest US, 1946.► know your onionshaving knowledge that comes from experience. Also in the variations: 'know your apples' (since 1945); 'oats' (since 1926); 'oil' (since 1925). The formula is also used to describe a specified field of knowledge, e.g. 'know your hockey' (about 1929) US, 1922.► know your shitto have knowledge that comes from experience US, 1984.► not know from a bar of soapto not know at all AUSTRALIA, 1918.► not know from the hole in your arseto be ignorant of UK, 1999.► not know whether you are Arthur or Marthato be in a state of confusion AUSTRALIA, 1966.► not know whether you are coming or goingto be in a state of confusion, befuddlement or perplexity UK, 1924
idiomknow► it's ___ (Jim), but not as we know it► what do you know!► wouldn't you (just) know itsb didn't know what hit him/herspoken used in order to say that someone was very surprised or shocked:A young lad who wanted to be a teacher came here for his work experience - he didn't know what hit him, did he?When her new boyfriend comes here and sees she's got three kids, the poor man won't know what hit him.sb doesn't want to know BrEBrEspoken used in order to say that someone is not at all interested in you, or your situation, and will not talk to you about it or help you in any way:Harry tried talking to the police about the kids on the estate, but they didn't want to know.We've offered work to a number of local people, but they don't want to know - they think farm work is too hard.be in the knowto understand more or have more information about something than most people have:You've got to be in the know, or a scientist yourself, to understand what the author is talking about.I've talked to various people in the know, who say that the government is deeply divided on the question of economic policy.know sth backwards and forwards(also know sth backwards)Know sth to know a system, organization etc very well, and understand how it works:Berry knew the record business backwards and forwards, and he knew how to be successful.As captain of the Scottish League, he knows the game backwards.know sb/sth inside (and) outto know a person, system, organization etc very well and understand how it works:Trust me - I know these people inside out - they'll love your idea.Staller is definitely the best guy for the job - he knows the department inside and out.not know whether you're coming or goingspoken to feel confused, especially because you have too much to do:We're going to the theatre tomorrow and to a film Friday - there's so much going on this month I don't know whether I'm coming or going.Brian was trying to sort out the stockroom, and tell the trainees what to do - the poor bloke didn't know whether he was coming or going.you don't know when you're well off BrEBrEspoken used in order to tell someone that they are more fortunate than they realize:The trouble with you is, you don't know when you're well off.My kids are longing to leave home - I reckon they don't know when they're well off.sb wouldn't know sb/sth if it jumped up and bit them(also sb wouldn't know sb/sth if they tripped over it)used in order to emphasize that someone does not know anything about a particular subject or person:You wouldn't know the stuff was cocaine if it jumped up and bit you.I really liked Kyle when we were in high school, but I wouldn't know him if I tripped over him now. phraseknow[knew, known, knowing]
know of 1. know of sb/sth not progressive to have heard or read about something or someone, so that you know that they exist: I know of a woman in Dublin who went to prison for five years for stealing a few pounds. "Did Mr McCarron have any enemies that you know of?" the police inspector asked.2. little/nothing is known of sth/sb used to say that there is little or no information about something or someone: Little is known of Henry Best's early years, although his collection of books indicate a good education.
See:- (Do you) know something?
- (I'll be) hanged if I know!
- (it) takes one to know one
- (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
- (the) next thing (one) knows
- (well) what do you know
- all in the Kool-Aid and don't know the flavor
- all in the Kool-Aid but don't know the flavor
- Anyone I know?
- as far as (one) knows
- as far as anyone knows
- as we know it
- as you know
- back of one's hand
- be in the know
- be not to know
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- before you know it
- before you know where you are
- better the devil you know
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better the devil you know than the one you don't know
- by heart
- come in out of the rain, know enough to
- coming or going, not know if one is
- damned if I know
- devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the
- do you know Dr. Wright of Norwich
- doesn't know beans
- Don’t I know it!
- don't I know it
- don't know beans
- don't know from Adam
- don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
- dying to know
- dying to know (something)
- every/a monkey knows what tree to climb
- feel in bones
- for all
- for all (one) knows
- for all I know
- for all I, you, etc. know
- for all someone knows
- get (something) off pat
- God knows
- God knows (that) I've tried
- God only knows
- God only knows!
- God/goodness/Heaven knows
- goodness knows
- Half the world knows not how the other half lives
- have (something) off pat
- have/know all the answers
- have/know/get something off pat
- heaven knows
- How do you know?
- How should I know?
- How will I know you?
- How will I recognize you?
- I don't know
- I don't rightly know
- I know that feel
- I know what you mean
- I know you are but what am I
- if (one) knows what's good for (one)
- if one knows what’s good for one
- if one knows what's good for one
- if you know what's good for you
- I'm hanged if I know!
- in the know
- it is a wise child that knows its own father
- it takes one to know one
- it's not what you know but who you know
- know (one's) beans
- know (one's) onions
- know (one's) own mind
- know (one's) place
- know (one's) stuff
- know (one's) way about
- know (one's) way around
- know (someone or something) by sight
- know (someone or something) inside out
- know (someone or something) like a book
- know (someone or something) through and through
- know (someone)
- know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to
- know (someone) in the biblical sense
- know (something) backward
- know (something) backward and forward
- know (something) backwards
- know (something) backwards and forwards
- know (something) by heart
- know (something) inside and out
- know (something) like the back of (one's) hand
- know (something) off pat
- know a hawk from a handsaw
- know a thing or two
- know a trick or two
- know ABCs
- know about
- know all the angles
- know all the answers
- know as
- know as much about as a hog knows about Sunday
- know at a glance that
- know backwards and forwards and know forwards and backwards
- know best
- know better
- know better than
- know by
- know by heart
- know by name
- know by sight
- know chalk from cheese
- know different
- know different/otherwise
- know enough to come in out of the rain
- know every trick in the book
- know for a fact
- know from
- know from memory
- know from nothing
- know from something
- know full well
- know how many beans make five
- know in the biblical sense
- know inside out
- know it all
- know like a book
- know like a book, to
- know like the palm of hand
- know little and care less
- know little and care less (about someone or something)
- know no bounds
- know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets
- know nothing and care less (about someone or something)
- know of
- know of (someone or something)
- know on which side your bread is buttered
- know one for what one is
- know one's own mind
- know one's own mind, to
- know one's place
- know one's stuff
- know one's way around
- know only too well
- know otherwise
- know place
- know somebody by sight
- know somebody/something backwards
- know somebody/something inside out
- know someone in the biblical sense
- know someone or something inside out
- know something backwards
- know something full/perfectly/very well
- know something like the back of your hand
- know something/someone inside out
- know stuff
- know the drill
- know the ropes
- know the ropes, to
- know the score
- know the time of day
- know through and through
- Know thyself
- know too much
- know way around
- know what (one) is about
- know what (one) is doing
- know what (one) is talking about
- know what (one) likes
- know what I 'm saying?
- know what it is to be (something)
- know what it is to be/do something
- know what you are about
- know what you like
- know what you're doing/about
- know what you're talking about
- know what/which side of the bread is buttered (on), to
- know what’s what
- know what's good for you
- know what's o'clock
- know what's what
- know what's what, to
- know when one is not wanted
- know where (all) the bodies are buried
- know where (one) is going
- know where (one) is with (someone or something)
- know where (one) stands
- know where all the bodies are buried
- know where is at
- know where it’s at
- know where it's at
- know where one is coming from
- know where one stands
- know where someone is coming from
- know where stands
- know where the bodies are buried
- know where you are with
- know where you are/stand
- know where you're going
- know whereof one speaks
- know which end is up
- know which is which
- know which side (one's) bread is buttered (on)
- know which side bread is buttered on
- know which side of (one's) bread is buttered
- know which side of one's bread is buttered
- know which side your bread is buttered
- know which way the wind blows
- know who's who
- know your onions
- know your own mind
- know your place
- know your stuff
- know your way about/around
- know-all
- know-how
- know-it-all
- know-nothing
- laugh or cry, don't know whether to
- left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the
- let (one) know
- let know
- let somebody know
- like, you know
- Lord (only) knows, the
- Lord knows
- Lord knows (that) I've tried
- Lord knows I've tried
- Lord knows...
- Lord only knows
- more than you can (ever) know
- more than you know
- more than you will ever know
- Necessity knows no law
- need-to-know
- not be able to tell one end (of something) from the other
- not know (any) better
- not know (one is) born
- not know (one) from Adam
- not know (one's) own strength
- not know (someone) from a bar of soap
- not know A from a windmill
- not know any better
- not know B from a battledore
- not know beans
- not know beans (about something)
- not know beans about
- not know beans about something
- not know enough to come in out of the rain
- not know from Adam
- not know from nothing
- not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
- not know if (one) is coming or going
- not know if you are coming or going
- not know one end (of something) from another
- not know own strength
- not know somebody from Adam
- not know someone from Adam
- not know the first thing about
- not know the first thing about (someone or something)
- not know the first thing about somebody/something
- not know the half of it
- not know the meaning of the word
- not know the time of day
- not know what (one is) missing
- not know what hit (one)
- not know what hit you
- not know what to do with (oneself)
- not know what to do with yourself
- not know what to make of
- not know what to make of (someone or something)
- not know what you're missing
- not know where to look
- not know where to put (oneself)
- not know where to put yourself
- not know where to turn
- not know whether (one) is coming or going
- not know whether one is coming or going
- not know whether one is coming or going and not know if one is ...
- not know whether to laugh or (to) cry
- not know whether to laugh or cry
- not know whether you are coming or going
- not know whether you're coming or going
- not know which end is up
- not know which way to look
- not know which way to turn
- not know which way/where to look
- not know which way/where to turn
- not know you are born
- not know you're born
- not know/not be able to tell one end of something from the other
- not want to know
- old enough to know better
- on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
- one half of the world does not know how the other half lives
- ropes
- show somebody/learn/know the ropes
- so far as (one) knows
- some people don't know when to quit
- some people just don't know when to give up
- some people just don't know when to quit
- some people just don't know when to stop
- takes one to know one
- the devil you know
- the end of civilization as we know it
- the end of the world as we know it
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand's doing
- the nose knows
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing
- tricks of the trade
- what do I know
- what do you know
- What do you know for sure?
- what do you know!
- what do you know, (well)
- What do you know?
- What does (one) know?
- what have you
- what one doesn't know won't hurt one
- What you don't know won't hurt you
- What's to know?
- which way the wind blows, (to know)
- who knows what
- Who knows?
- wouldn't know
- wouldn't know (something) if (one) fell over one
- wouldn't know (something) if it hit (one) in the face
- wouldn't you know
- wouldn't you know it
- You don’t know the half of it
- You don't know the half of it
- You don't know where it's been
- you know
- you know as well as I do
- you know it
- you know something
- you know what
- you know who/what
- you never can tell
- you never know
- You never know till you try
- you never know what you've got till it's gone
- you never know with (someone or something)
- you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire
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