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knows how to pick 'em

knows how to pick 'em is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 knows how to pick 'em

What is knows how to pick 'em the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knows how to pick 'em is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know how to pick 'em.

Words near knows how to pick 'em in the dictionary

  1. knows every trick in the book
  2. knows fine well
  3. knows from a bar of soap
  4. knows full well
  5. knows how many beans make five
  6. knows how to pick 'em
  7. knows how to walk before one can run
  8. knows if one is Arthur or Martha
  9. knows inside and out
  10. knows like the back of one's hand
  11. knows no bounds

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