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"antonyms": [
{
"word": "know one's ass from a hole in the ground"
}
],
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"form": "knows one's stuff",
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},
{
"form": "knowing one's stuff",
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},
{
"form": "knew one's stuff",
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"text": "Joe really knows his stuff when it comes to baseball.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020, Emmet Sweeney, The Theban Empire, volume 3, page 176",
"text": "The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task."
],
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"links": [
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"knowledgeable",
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],
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"competent",
"competent"
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"particular",
"particular"
],
[
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"subject"
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, informal) To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "know one's shit"
},
{
"word": "know one's onions"
},
{
"word": "know one's way around"
},
{
"word": "know the drill"
},
{
"word": "know the score"
},
{
"word": "know which end is up"
}
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"word": "kende sin vej rundt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "znać się na czymś"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"word": "avucunun içi gibi bilmek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "kunne sit kram"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "være velindsat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "osata hommansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "toucher sa bille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "sich gut auskennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "gut Bescheid wissen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "sapere il fatto proprio"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a specific situation",
"word": "vide hvilken vej der vender op"
}
]
}
],
"word": "know one's stuff"
}
{
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"word": "know one's ass from a hole in the ground"
}
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "knowing one's stuff",
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},
{
"form": "knew one's stuff",
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"past"
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{
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"text": "The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.",
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],
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"To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task."
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"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, informal) To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task."
],
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"intransitive"
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "know one's shit"
},
{
"word": "know one's onions"
},
{
"word": "know one's way around"
},
{
"word": "know the drill"
},
{
"word": "know the score"
},
{
"word": "know which end is up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"word": "kende sin vej rundt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "znać się na czymś"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "be generally experienced and knowledgeable",
"word": "avucunun içi gibi bilmek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "kunne sit kram"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "være velindsat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "osata hommansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "toucher sa bille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "sich gut auskennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "gut Bescheid wissen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a particular field",
"word": "sapere il fatto proprio"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "knowledgeable in a specific situation",
"word": "vide hvilken vej der vender op"
}
],
"word": "know one's stuff"
}
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