"know no bounds" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-know no bounds.ogg [Australia] Forms: knows no bounds [present, singular, third-person], knowing no bounds [participle, present], knew no bounds [past], known no bounds [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> no bounds}} know no bounds (third-person singular simple present knows no bounds, present participle knowing no bounds, simple past knew no bounds, past participle known no bounds)
  1. (idiomatic) To be unlimited in scope or extent. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-know_no_bounds-en-verb-0LLOpOiM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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