"know one's shit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-know one's shit.ogg [Australia] Forms: knows one's shit [present, singular, third-person], knowing one's shit [participle, present], knew one's shit [past], known one's shit [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> one's shit}} know one's shit (third-person singular simple present knows one's shit, present participle knowing one's shit, simple past knew one's shit, past participle known one's shit)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) Synonym of know one's stuff, to be knowledgeable about a subject or task. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms: know one's stuff [synonym, synonym-of], to be knowledgeable about a subject or task [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-know_one's_shit-en-verb-NotEKwJg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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