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- know backwards
know backwards
know something backwards
(British & Australian) also know something backwards and forwards (American) if you know a subject or a piece of writing backwards, you know it very well Ed knows the play backwards - he's seen it eight or nine times. After 30 years in the business she knows it backwards and forwards.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Nurullah | | - | Arabic, Turkish |
Thekla | | - | German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek |
Mary | | MER-ee (English), MAR-ee (English) | English, Biblical |
Gracjan | | - | Polish |
Eysteinn | | - | Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic |
Modestas | | - | Lithuanian |