"know one's way around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-know one's way around.ogg [Australia] Forms: knows one's way around [present, singular, third-person], knowing one's way around [participle, present], knew one's way around [past], known one's way around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> one's way around}} know one's way around (third-person singular simple present knows one's way around, present participle knowing one's way around, simple past knew one's way around, past participle known one's way around)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To know an area. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-know_one's_way_around-en-verb-irV9z1Y7
  2. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of know one's stuff: to be knowledgeable about a subject or task. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: know one's stuff [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-know_one's_way_around-en-verb-d4BcbgM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

Inflected forms

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