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know A from B

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

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”).

Synonyms of know A from B

Forms of know A from B

third-person singular presentknows A from B
present participleknowing A from B
pastknew A from B
past participleknown A from B

Questions about know A from B

What does know A from B mean?
Know A from B means synonym of know B from a battledore (“to know anything at all; to have the most basic common sense or intelligence”).
What part of speech is know A from B?
Know A from B is a verb.
What is the past tense of know A from B?
The past tense of know A from B is knew A from B.

Words near know A from B in the dictionary

  1. knouting
  2. knoutings
  3. knouts
  4. know
  5. know a B from a battledore
  6. know A from B
  7. know about
  8. know any better
  9. know B from a battledore
  10. know back to front
  11. know backwards

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