"know inside and out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-know inside and out.ogg Forms: knows inside and out [present, singular, third-person], knowing inside and out [participle, present], knew inside and out [past], known inside and out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> inside and out}} know inside and out (third-person singular simple present knows inside and out, present participle knowing inside and out, simple past knew inside and out, past participle known inside and out)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To know (something or someone) very thoroughly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: know backwards, know like a book, know like the back of one's hand Related terms: inside out, ins and outs Translations (know (something) very thoroughly): kende ind og ud (Danish), tuntea läpikotaisin (Finnish), connaître sur le bout des doigts (French), etwas in- und auswendig kennen (German), знать назубо́к (znatʹ nazubók) [imperfective] (Russian), знать вдоль и поперёк (znatʹ vdolʹ i poperjók) [imperfective] (Russian), conocerlo como si lo hubiera parido [colloquial] (Spanish), teberi u zeri zanayen (Zazaki)

Alternative forms

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