"know better" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "knows better",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew better",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "know<,,knew,known> better"
      },
      "expansion": "know better (third-person singular simple present knows better, present participle knowing better, simple past knew better, past participle known better)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 April 24, Bruce Lambert, “Operator of Newsstands Guilty in Sales Tax Case”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-05-19",
          "text": "Kapoor Brothers told us they had no books or records, but we knew better and were able to search and find them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize that a statement or belief is false or doubtful."
      ],
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          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "set phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set phrase) To recognize that a statement or belief is false or doubtful."
      ]
    },
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1919, H. H. Munro, “Hyacinth”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers",
          "text": "\"All that happened when he was eight; he's older now and knows better.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 March 8, Tony Karon, “Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to Talk, and to Fail”, in Time, retrieved 2015-05-19",
          "text": "[B]oth sides know better than to expect that U.S. special envoy Senator George Mitchell's shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah will be able to bridge the chasm between their demands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand that certain behavior is wrongful, futile, or inappropriate."
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          "wrongful",
          "wrongful"
        ],
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          "futile",
          "futile"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "set phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set phrase) To understand that certain behavior is wrongful, futile, or inappropriate."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "word": "think better of"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "word": "know any better"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know better"
}

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    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows better",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew better",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "know<,,knew,known> better"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "think better of"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1987 April 24, Bruce Lambert, “Operator of Newsstands Guilty in Sales Tax Case”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-05-19",
          "text": "Kapoor Brothers told us they had no books or records, but we knew better and were able to search and find them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize that a statement or belief is false or doubtful."
      ],
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          "statement",
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        "(set phrase) To recognize that a statement or belief is false or doubtful."
      ]
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          "ref": "1919, H. H. Munro, “Hyacinth”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers",
          "text": "\"All that happened when he was eight; he's older now and knows better.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 March 8, Tony Karon, “Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to Talk, and to Fail”, in Time, retrieved 2015-05-19",
          "text": "[B]oth sides know better than to expect that U.S. special envoy Senator George Mitchell's shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah will be able to bridge the chasm between their demands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand that certain behavior is wrongful, futile, or inappropriate."
      ],
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          "futile",
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          "inappropriate",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set phrase) To understand that certain behavior is wrongful, futile, or inappropriate."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "know any better"
    }
  ],
  "word": "know better"
}