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know what you are talking about
Definition
C1 to understand a subject because of your experience: He doesn't know what he's talking about - he's never even been to Africa.Knowing and learning
(Definition of know what you are talking about from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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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
- know what you are talking about idiom
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know what's what idiom
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know when you are well off idiom
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know where you stand idiom
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know which side your bread is buttered (on) idiom
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know your own mind idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Learning & knowing
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 sth like the back of your hand idiom
- know verb (HAVE INFORMATION)
- 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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