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know backwards and forwards and know forwards and

know something backwards and forwards and know something forwards and backwards

Fig. to know something very well; to know a passage of language so well that one could recite it backwards as well as forwards. Of course I've memorized my speech. I know it backwards and forwards.
See also: and, backward, forwards, know

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rich[ritʃ]
Anacletoah-nah-KLE-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Colin (2)KAHL-inEnglish
Zoticus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
EspiridiÓN-Spanish
CassieKAS-eeEnglish
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