know backwards

English

Alternative forms

  • know backward and forward, know backwards and forwards (US)
  • know back to front (US and UK)

Etymology

Suggesting such familiarity with something that one could recite or list it even in reverse order.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (UK, transitive) To have very thorough knowledge of.

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