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know the shit

know the shit is the alternative form of know one's shit.

Meaning of know one's shit

Verb

know one's shit (third-person singular simple present knows one's shit, present participle knowing one's shit, simple past knew one's shit, past participle known one's shit)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Synonym of know one's stuff, to be knowledgeable about a subject or task.
    • Joe really knows his shit when it comes to plumbing.
    Synonyms:
    know one's stuff, to be knowledgeable about a subject or task

Forms of know the shit

third-person singular presentknows the shit
present participleknowing the shit
pastknew the shit
past participleknown the shit

Questions about know the shit

What is know the shit the alternative form of?
Know the shit is the alternative form of know one's shit.

Words near know the shit in the dictionary

  1. know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
  2. know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow
  3. know the drill
  4. know the ropes
  5. know the score
  6. know the shit
  7. know thyself
  8. know what
  9. know what I'm saying
  10. know what is what
  11. know what o'clock it is

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Adapted from Wiktionary: know the shit (page history and authors); know one's shit (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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