know what one is doing in English

Forms: knows what one is doing [present, singular, third-person], knowing what one is doing [participle, present], knew what one was doing [past], known what one was doing [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> what one is<is,is,was> doing}} know what one is doing (third-person singular simple present knows what one is doing, present participle knowing what one is doing, simple past knew what one was doing, past participle known what one was doing)

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"know what one is doing" meaning in English

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