"know someone" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-know someone.ogg Forms: knows someone [present, singular, third-person], knowing someone [participle, present], knew someone [past], known someone [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> someone}} know someone (third-person singular simple present knows someone, present participle knowing someone, simple past knew someone, past participle known someone)
  1. (idiomatic) To have personal or social connections. Tags: idiomatic Translations (have connections): 有關係 (Chinese Mandarin), 有关系 (yǒuguānxi) (Chinese Mandarin), olla suhteita (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1996, The Advocate, number 701, page 14:",
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          "sense": "have connections",
          "word": "有關係"
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          "sense": "have connections",
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          "sense": "have connections",
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      "sense": "have connections",
      "word": "有關係"
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      "sense": "have connections",
      "word": "有关系"
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      "sense": "have connections",
      "word": "olla suhteita"
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