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know backwards and forwards

know something backwards and forwards

also know something inside out
to be extremely well informed about something After 30 years in the fashion business, she knows it backwards and forwards. He knows New York inside out.
Related vocabulary: know something like the back of your hand
See also: and, backward, forwards, know

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cola-Anglo-Saxon
Goranka-Croatian, Serbian
Tammaro-Italian
Alyshaə-LEE-shəEnglish (Modern)
Ognian-Bulgarian
Babbs[bæbz]
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