"know what one is about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows what one is about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing what one is about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew what one was about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known what one was about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "know<,,knew,known> what one is<is,is,was> about"
      },
      "expansion": "know what one is about (third-person singular simple present knows what one is about, present participle knowing what one is about, simple past knew what one was about, past participle known what one was about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand one's situation, how to act in that situation, and the results of those actions."
      ],
      "id": "en-know_what_one_is_about-en-verb-uFUwIfEC",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To understand one's situation, how to act in that situation, and the results of those actions."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "what someone is about"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "know what one is doing"
        },
        {
          "word": "know one's ass from a hole in the ground"
        },
        {
          "word": "know shit from Shinola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know what one is about"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows what one is about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing what one is about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew what one was about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known what one was about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "know<,,knew,known> what one is<is,is,was> about"
      },
      "expansion": "know what one is about (third-person singular simple present knows what one is about, present participle knowing what one is about, simple past knew what one was about, past participle known what one was about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "what someone is about"
    }
  ],
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        "English informal terms",
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        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand one's situation, how to act in that situation, and the results of those actions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To understand one's situation, how to act in that situation, and the results of those actions."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "know what one is doing"
        },
        {
          "word": "know one's ass from a hole in the ground"
        },
        {
          "word": "know shit from Shinola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "know what one is doing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "know what one is about"
}