know inside and out

English

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Verb

know inside and out

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To know (something or someone) very thoroughly.

   He's still new to their system, but he knows databases inside and out and will understand the rest soon.

Synonyms

• know backwards
• know like a book
• know like the back of one's hand

Translations

know (something) very thoroughly

• Danish: kende ind og ud
• Finnish: tuntea läpikotaisin
• French: connaître sur le bout des doigts (fr)
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• German: etwas in- und auswendig kennen (de)
• Russian: знать назубо́к impf (znatʹ nazubók), знать вдоль и поперёк impf (znatʹ vdolʹ i poperjók)

See also

• ins and outs