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knew about

knew about is the simple past of know about.

Meaning of know about

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about.
  2. (informal, negative, usually) To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something).
    • I don't know about him.

Questions about knew about

What is knew about the simple past of?
Knew about is the simple past of know about.

Words near knew about in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knew about (page history and authors); know about (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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