know one's stuff
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know one's stuff (third-person singular simple present knows one's stuff, present participle knowing one's stuff, simple past knew one's stuff, past participle known one's stuff)
- (intransitive, informal) To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task.
- Joe really knows his stuff when it comes to baseball.
- 2020, Emmet Sweeney, The Theban Empire, volume 3, page 176:
- The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.
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be generally experienced and knowledgeable
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knowledgeable in a particular field
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knowledgeable in a specific situation
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Further reading[edit]
- “know one's stuff”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.