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"To know (something or someone) very thoroughly."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To know (something or someone) very thoroughly."
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"word": "know like a book"
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"word": "know like the back of one's hand"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "kende ind og ud"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "tuntea läpikotaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "connaître sur le bout des doigts"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "etwas in- und auswendig kennen"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znatʹ nazubók",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "знать назубо́к"
},
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"roman": "znatʹ vdolʹ i poperjók",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "знать вдоль и поперёк"
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"word": "conocerlo como si lo hubiera parido"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "kende ind og ud"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "tuntea läpikotaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "connaître sur le bout des doigts"
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"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"word": "etwas in- und auswendig kennen"
},
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"roman": "znatʹ nazubók",
"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "знать вдоль и поперёк"
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"sense": "know (something) very thoroughly",
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"word": "conocerlo como si lo hubiera parido"
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"word": "know inside and out"
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