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know what one is doing

know what one is doing verb: synonym of know what one is about.

Verb

know what one is doing (third-person singular simple present knows what one is doing, present participle knowing what one is doing, simple past knew what one was doing, past participle known what one was doing)

  1. Synonym of know what one is about.

Synonyms of know what one is doing

Forms of know what one is doing

third-person singular presentknows what one is doing
present participleknowing what one is doing
pastknew what one was doing
past participleknown what one was doing

Questions about know what one is doing

What does know what one is doing mean?
Know what one is doing means synonym of know what one is about.
What part of speech is know what one is doing?
Know what one is doing is a verb.
What is the past tense of know what one is doing?
The past tense of know what one is doing is knew what one was doing.

Words near know what one is doing in the dictionary

  1. know what
  2. know what I'm saying
  3. know what is what
  4. know what o'clock it is
  5. know what one is about
  6. know what one is doing
  7. know what side of one's bread is buttered
  8. know what side of the bread is buttered
  9. know what side one's bread is buttered on
  10. know what's o'clock
  11. know what's what

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