"need no introduction" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: needs no introduction [present, singular, third-person], needing no introduction [participle, present], needed no introduction [participle, past], needed no introduction [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} need no introduction (third-person singular simple present needs no introduction, present participle needing no introduction, simple past and past participle needed no introduction)
  1. (set phrase) To be very well-known; to be familiar to almost everyone.
    Sense id: en-need_no_introduction-en-verb-g~ZttLFT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for need no introduction meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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