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in the know

in the know prepositional phrase: informed; aware.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Informed; aware.
    • Those in the know don't shop at that kind of store.
    • Anyone who is in the know doesn't shop there.

in the know meaning in Urdu and Arabic

in the know in Urdu

خفیہ معلومات کا حامل

in the know in Arabic

informed, aware
عَلَى عِلْم ʕalā ʕilm

Antonyms of in the know

Questions about in the know

What does in the know mean?
In the know means informed; aware.
What is in the know in Urdu?
In the know in Urdu is خفیہ معلومات کا حامل. See In the know meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is in the know?
In the know is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the know in the dictionary

  1. in the house
  2. in the hunt
  3. in the interest of justice
  4. in the interest of time
  5. in the interim
  6. in the know
  7. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  8. in the lap of the gods
  9. in the last analysis
  10. in the lead
  11. in the least

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the know (page history and authors); in the know (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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