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known how to pick 'em

known how to pick 'em is the past participle of know how to pick 'em.

Meaning of know how to pick 'em

Verb

know how to pick 'em (third-person singular simple present knows how to pick 'em, present participle knowing how to pick 'em, simple past knew how to pick 'em, past participle known how to pick 'em)

  1. (colloquial) you have chosen the wrong person
    • But they both turned out to be wrong for me. “Yeah, girl, you sure do know how to pick 'em.”2007, T.N. Baker, Dice, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 137
  2. (colloquial, literally) you are good at picking people or things

Questions about known how to pick 'em

What is known how to pick 'em the past participle of?
Known how to pick 'em is the past participle of know how to pick 'em.

Words near known how to pick 'em in the dictionary

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

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