Word.ws English Dictionary

knows someone from a can of paint

knows someone from a can of paint is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone from a can of paint.

Meaning of know someone from a can of paint

Verb

know someone from a can of paint (third-person singular simple present knows someone from a can of paint, present participle knowing someone from a can of paint, simple past knew someone from a can of paint, past participle known someone from a can of paint)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of know someone from Adam.

Questions about knows someone from a can of paint

What is knows someone from a can of paint the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knows someone from a can of paint is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone from a can of paint.

Words near knows someone from a can of paint in the dictionary

  1. knows one's shit
  2. knows one's stuff
  3. knows one's way around
  4. knows shit from Shinola
  5. knows someone
  6. knows someone from a can of paint
  7. knows someone from a hole in the ground
  8. knows someone from a hole in the wall
  9. knows someone from Adam
  10. knows someone from Adam's off ox
  11. knows someone from the man in the moon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: knows someone from a can of paint (page history and authors); know someone from a can of paint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “knows someone from a can of paint.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/knows_someone_from_a_can_of_paint. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.