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knew A from B

knew A from B is the simple past of know A from B.

Meaning of know A from B

Verb

know A from B (third-person singular simple present knows A from B, present participle knowing A from B, simple past knew A from B, past participle known A from B)

  1. Synonym of know B from a battledore (“to know anything at all; to have the most basic common sense or intelligence”).

Questions about knew A from B

What is knew A from B the simple past of?
Knew A from B is the simple past of know A from B.

Words near knew A from B in the dictionary

  1. Knesses
  2. Knesset
  3. Knettishall
  4. knew
  5. knew a B from a battledore
  6. knew A from B
  7. knew about
  8. knew any better
  9. knew B from a battledore
  10. knew back to front
  11. knew ball

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