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knows someone in the biblical sense

knows someone in the biblical sense is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone in the biblical sense.

Meaning of know someone in the biblical sense

Verb

know someone in the biblical sense (third-person singular simple present knows someone in the biblical sense, present participle knowing someone in the biblical sense, simple past knew someone in the biblical sense, past participle known someone in the biblical sense)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To have sex with someone.
    • James may not have known women in the biblical sense; but had Adams read the novels with care, he would have been agreeably surprised by the keen insights on the feminine psyche displayed there.1969, Ronald M. Meldrum, “Three of Henry James's Dark Ladies”, in Research Studies, volume 37, page 54

Verb capitalized: knows someone in the Biblical sense

knows someone in the Biblical sense

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone in the Biblical sense

Questions about knows someone in the biblical sense

What is knows someone in the biblical sense the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knows someone in the biblical sense is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know someone in the biblical sense.
What part of speech is knows someone in the biblical sense?
Knows someone in the biblical sense is a verb.

Words near knows someone in the biblical sense in the dictionary

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

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