know backwards

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Archived revision by So9q (talk | contribs) as of 07:33, 21 October 2019.

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Alternative forms

know backwards and forwards (US)
know back to front (US and UK)

Etymology

Suggesting such familiarity with something that one could recite or list it even in reverse order.

Verb

know backwards

(UK, transitive) To have very thorough knowledge of something.

Synonyms

know inside and out

Translations

have a very thorough knowledge

Danish: have dyb kundskab

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=know_backwards&oldid=57816526"