"know someone from Adam" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: knows someone from Adam [present, singular, third-person], knowing someone from Adam [participle, present], knew someone from Adam [past], known someone from Adam [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> someone from Adam}} know someone from Adam (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam, present participle knowing someone from Adam, simple past knew someone from Adam, past participle known someone from Adam)
  1. (idiomatic) To know or recognize someone at all. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: know someone from Adam's off ox, know from a bar of soap, know someone from a can of paint, know someone from a hole in the ground, know someone from a hole in the wall, know someone from the man in the moon Translations (Translations): van haar noch pluim kennen (Dutch), tunnistaa (Finnish), tuntea (with lainkaan, ollenkaan) [usually] (Finnish), ne connaître ni d’Ève ni d’Adam (French), znać [imperfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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