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knows the score

knows the score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know the score.

Meaning of know the score

Verb

know the score (third-person singular simple present knows the score, present participle knowing the score, simple past knew the score, past participle known the score)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be aware of a situation, especially of the consequences of misconduct.
    • I've seen it before / I know the score / You're trying to be wild and carefree / You really can't take it no more1980, “Somehow”, in New Clear Days, performed by The Vapors

Questions about knows the score

What is knows the score the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knows the score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of know the score.

Words near knows the score in the dictionary

  1. knows someone from the man in the moon
  2. knows someone from the man on the moon
  3. knows someone in the biblical sense
  4. knows the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
  5. knows the drill
  6. knows the score
  7. knows the shit
  8. knows what is what
  9. knows what o'clock it is
  10. knows what side of one's bread is buttered
  11. knows what side of the bread is buttered

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