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knew how to pick 'em

knew how to pick 'em is the simple past of know how to pick 'em.

Meaning of know how to pick 'em

Verb

know how to pick 'em (third-person singular simple present knows how to pick 'em, present participle knowing how to pick 'em, simple past knew how to pick 'em, past participle known how to pick 'em)

  1. (colloquial) you have chosen the wrong person
    • But they both turned out to be wrong for me. “Yeah, girl, you sure do know how to pick 'em.”2007, T.N. Baker, Dice, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 137
  2. (colloquial, literally) you are good at picking people or things

Questions about knew how to pick 'em

What is knew how to pick 'em the simple past of?
Knew how to pick 'em is the simple past of know how to pick 'em.

Words near knew how to pick 'em in the dictionary

  1. knew every trick in the book
  2. knew fine well
  3. knew from a bar of soap
  4. knew full well
  5. knew how many beans make five
  6. knew how to pick 'em
  7. knew how to walk before one could run
  8. knew if one was Arthur or Martha
  9. knew inside and out
  10. knew like the back of one's hand
  11. knew no bounds

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