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know what

know what is the alternative form of you know what.

Meaning of you know what

Phrase

you know what?

  1. (idiomatic) Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.
    • Well, you know what, he's got a cloud over him. You have to live with who you are and make your peace with your maker about what you really are.2001 May 10, "Blake's Attorney on Bakley's Murder", CNN Live (transcript)

Questions about know what

What is know what the alternative form of?
Know what is the alternative form of you know what.

Words near know what in the dictionary

  1. know the drill
  2. know the ropes
  3. know the score
  4. know the shit
  5. know thyself
  6. know what
  7. know what I'm saying
  8. know what is what
  9. know what o'clock it is
  10. know what one is about
  11. know what one is doing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: know what (page history and authors); you know what (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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