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known someone from Adam's off ox

known someone from Adam's off ox is the past participle of know someone from Adam's off ox.

Meaning of know someone from Adam's off ox

Verb

know someone from Adam's off ox (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam's off ox, present participle knowing someone from Adam's off ox, simple past knew someone from Adam's off ox, past participle known someone from Adam's off ox)

  1. Synonym of know someone from Adam.
    • You never saw the woman. You wouldn't know her from Adam's off ox.1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter XXXIX, in Jennie Gerhardt

Questions about known someone from Adam's off ox

What is known someone from Adam's off ox the past participle of?
Known someone from Adam's off ox is the past participle of know someone from Adam's off ox.

Words near known someone from Adam's off ox in the dictionary

  1. known someone
  2. known someone from a can of paint
  3. known someone from a hole in the ground
  4. known someone from a hole in the wall
  5. known someone from Adam
  6. known someone from Adam's off ox
  7. known someone from the man in the moon
  8. known someone from the man on the moon
  9. known someone in the biblical sense
  10. known the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
  11. known the drill

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