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  • 101know better — (than to (do something)) 1. to be wise enough to behave in a more responsible or acceptable way. It was a stupid thing to do, and I thought she knew better. You know better than to interrupt when someone else is talking. Usage notes: sometimes… …

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  • 102know full well — know full/perfectly/well phrase to know something while pretending not to You know full well what I am talking about. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym Main entry …

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  • 103know your own mind — phrase to be certain about what you like and what you want Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was expecting him to be critical. Thesaurus: to be certainsynonym Main entry: know * * * know your own mind see ↑know …

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  • 104Know-Noth|ing — «NOH NUHTH ih», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who knows nothing; a very ignorant person; ignoramus. 2. = agnostic. (Cf. ↑agnostic) –adj. 1. = ignorant. (Cf. ↑ignorant) 2. = agnostic. (Cf. ↑agnostic) …

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  • 105know-noth|ing — «NOH NUHTH ih», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who knows nothing; a very ignorant person; ignoramus. 2. = agnostic. (Cf. ↑agnostic) –adj. 1. = ignorant. (Cf. ↑ignorant) 2. = agnostic. (Cf. ↑agnostic) …

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  • 106know which side your bread is buttered on — informal : to know how to act or how to treat others in order to get what you want He pretends to be impartial, but believe me, he knows which side his bread is buttered on. • • • Main Entry: ↑bread know which side your bread is buttered on see… …

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  • 107know the drill — informal : to know how something is done : to be familiar with a regular process, procedure, etc. You don t have to tell us what to do. We all know the drill by now. • • • Main Entry: ↑drill know the drill see ↑drill, 1 • • • …

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  • 108know what hit you — see ↑know, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑hit know what hit you used in negative statements to say that something you did not expect surprised you very much I didn t know what hit me–suddenly I just felt so dizzy. The company came out with an entirely new… …

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  • 109know different/otherwise — to know that something that people think or say is true is not really true She says she has no money but I know otherwise. [=I know that she does have money] • • • Main Entry: ↑know …

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  • 110know something or someone for what it/he/she is — know (something or someone) for what it/he/she is : to understand what something or someone truly is Now I know them for what they are–liars. before scientists knew the disease for what it is–a virus the friends who know me for what I am [=who… …

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