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know full well

know full well verb: to understand completely.

Verb

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

  1. (set phrase) To understand completely.

Forms of know full well

third-person singular presentknows full well
present participleknowing full well
pastknew full well
past participleknown full well

Questions about know full well

What does know full well mean?
Know full well means to understand completely.
What part of speech is know full well?
Know full well is a verb.
What is the past tense of know full well?
The past tense of know full well is knew full well.

Words near know full well in the dictionary

  1. know every trick in the book
  2. know everything
  3. know everythings
  4. know fine well
  5. know from a bar of soap
  6. know full well
  7. know how many beans make five
  8. know how to pick 'em
  9. know how to walk before one can run
  10. know if one is Arthur or Martha
  11. know inside and out

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