know sth like the back of your hand
informalDefinition
› to have very good and detailed knowledge of something: I know this area like the back of my hand.Knowing and learning
(Definition of know sth like the back of your hand from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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know noun
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know of sb/sth phrasal verb
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know sth back to front idiom
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know sth from sth phrasal verb
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know sth inside out idiom
- know sth like the back of your hand idiom
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know the score idiom
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know verb (BE FAMILIAR WITH)
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know verb (HAVE INFORMATION)
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know what it is (like) to idiom
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know what you are doing idiom
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SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- article noun (LAW)
- assimilate verb (LEARN)
- brain training noun
- cram verb (LEARN)
- cut your political, professional, etc. teeth idiom
- familiar adjective (EASY TO RECOGNIZE)
- hear tell (of) idiom
- heathen noun
- hit the books idiom
- know verb (HAVE INFORMATION)
- know what you are talking about idiom
- orientation noun (TRAINING)
- osmosis noun (IDEAS)
- recognition noun (KNOWING)
- review verb (STUDY)
- shadow verb (FOLLOW)
- sit under sb phrasal verb
- steep sth/sb in sth phrasal verb
- swot up (sth) phrasal verb
- swot verb
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Learning & knowing
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