known where the bodies were buried
known where the bodies were buried is the past participle of know where the bodies are buried.
Meaning of know where the bodies are buried
Verb
know where the bodies are buried (third-person singular simple present knows where the bodies are buried, present participle knowing where the bodies are buried, simple past knew where the bodies were buried, past participle known where the bodies were buried)
- To possess confidential and incriminating information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.
- Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the boondoggles are buried in the defense budget.1971 September 19, Tom Wicker, “In the Nation”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Aug 2018
Questions about known where the bodies were buried
- What is known where the bodies were buried the past participle of?
- Known where the bodies were buried is the past participle of know where the bodies are buried.
Words near known where the bodies were buried in the dictionary
- known what side one's bread was buttered on
- known what was what
- known what's o'clock
- known when to fold 'em
- known where one stood
- known where the bodies were buried
- known whether one was Arthur or Martha
- known which end is up
- known which side one's bread is buttered on
- known which side one's bread was buttered on
- known-ciphertext attack
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