"know full well" meaning in All languages combined

See know full well on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: knows full well [present, singular, third-person], knowing full well [participle, present], knew full well [past], known full well [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,knew,known>|head=~full well:~}} know full well (third-person singular simple present knows full well, present participle knowing full well, simple past knew full well, past participle known full well)
  1. (set phrase) To understand completely.
    Sense id: en-know_full_well-en-verb-wtSYagQ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(set phrase) To understand completely."
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        "(set phrase) To understand completely."
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