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don't knock it until you've tried it

don't knock it until you've tried it is the alternative form of don't knock it till you've tried it.

Meaning of don't knock it till you've tried it

Phrase

don't knock it till you've tried it

  1. (informal) One should not criticize or dismiss something before one has experienced it.
    • Try to wear a face without no passion / Masquerade around like love's old fashioned / Just because it's not something you got / Don't knock it till you've tried it1981, Ashford & Simpson, “It Shows In the Eyes”, in Performance

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Don't knock it until you've tried it is the alternative form of don't knock it till you've tried it.

Words near don't knock it until you've tried it in the dictionary

  1. don't hold your breath
  2. don't I know it
  3. don't judge a book by its cover
  4. don't keep a dog and bark yourself
  5. don't knock it till you've tried it
  6. don't knock it until you've tried it
  7. don't knock yourself out
  8. don't know
  9. don't knowist
  10. don't knows
  11. don't let the bedbugs bite

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