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
GertrudGER-troot (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Lateefah-Arabic
Elisabethe-LEE-zah-bet (German), e-LEE-sah-bet (Danish), i-LIZ-ə-bəth (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Saba-Georgian
ŽIvka-Croatian, Serbian
Baki-Arabic