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	Pronounced	Usage
Gabriela	gahp-RYE-lah (Polish), gah-BRYE-lah (Spanish), gahp-ree-E-lah (German)	Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian
Mccray	[mə'krei]
Bonner	['bɔnə]
Temitope	-	Western African, Yoruba
Iapheth	-	Biblical Greek
Shizuka	shee-zoo-kah	Japanese