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knows someone from Adam's off ox

knows someone from Adam's off ox is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is knows someone from Adam's off ox the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knows someone from Adam's off ox is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone from Adam's off ox.

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

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

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