know

/noʊ/ v [I/T] (past tense knew /nu/, past participle known /noʊn/) (BE FAMILIAR WITH)

Definition

› to be familiar with a person or place: [T] I’ve known Vince since we were in elementary school. [T] She grew up in Hawaii so she knows it well. [T] Knowing Debbie (= from my experience of her in the past), she’ll do a good job.

(Definition of know v (BE FAMILIAR WITH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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know best idiom
know better (than to do something) idiom
know full well idiom
know n HAVE INFORMATION
know something like the back of your hand idiom
know v BE FAMILIAR WITH
know v FEEL CERTAIN
know v HAVE INFORMATION
know v HAVE UNDERSTANDING
know v RECOGNIZE
know what you are doing idiom

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know v HAVE INFORMATION
know v HAVE UNDERSTANDING
know v FEEL CERTAIN
know v RECOGNIZE
know n HAVE INFORMATION
y’know

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know best idiom
know better (than to do something) idiom
know something like the back of your hand idiom
know your way around something idiom
know what you are doing idiom
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