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knew someone from Adam's off ox

knew someone from Adam's off ox is the simple past of know someone from Adam's off ox.

Meaning of know someone from Adam's off ox

Verb

know someone from Adam's off ox (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam's off ox, present participle knowing someone from Adam's off ox, simple past knew someone from Adam's off ox, past participle known someone from Adam's off ox)

  1. Synonym of know someone from Adam.
    • You never saw the woman. You wouldn't know her from Adam's off ox.1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter XXXIX, in Jennie Gerhardt

Questions about knew someone from Adam's off ox

What is knew someone from Adam's off ox the simple past of?
Knew someone from Adam's off ox is the simple past of know someone from Adam's off ox.

Words near knew someone from Adam's off ox in the dictionary

  1. knew someone
  2. knew someone from a can of paint
  3. knew someone from a hole in the ground
  4. knew someone from a hole in the wall
  5. knew someone from Adam
  6. knew someone from Adam's off ox
  7. knew someone from the man in the moon
  8. knew someone from the man on the moon
  9. knew someone in the biblical sense
  10. knew someone when
  11. knew the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground

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