"know every trick in the book" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-know every trick in the book.ogg [Australia] Forms: knows every trick in the book [present, singular, third-person], knowing every trick in the book [participle, present], knew every trick in the book [past], known every trick in the book [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> every trick in the book}} know every trick in the book (third-person singular simple present knows every trick in the book, present participle knowing every trick in the book, simple past knew every trick in the book, past participle known every trick in the book)
  1. (idiomatic) To know all there is to be known about a certain discipline. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-know_every_trick_in_the_book-en-verb-~aFQn8Zn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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