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• know someone by sight — know (someone/something) by sight to recognize someone or something. I ve never spoken to him, but I know him by sight. Usage notes: usually used to suggest that you know what someone looks like but not what type of character someone has …   New idioms dictionary

• know someone through and through — know (someone) through and through to know someone very well and know everything about them. She tried to hide her disappointment, but I know her through and through and I could tell she was upset …   New idioms dictionary

• know someone inside out — know someone/​something inside out phrase to know someone or something very well He knows that computer program inside out. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym Main entry: inside out …   Useful english dictionary

• know someone by name — know (someone) by name 1 : to know a person well enough to know the person s name She knows all of her customers by name. I took her to a restaurant where the owner knows me by name. The police know him …   Useful english dictionary

• know someone in the biblical sense — know someone in the biblical way/​sense humorous phrase to have had sex with someone Thesaurus: sexual activityhyponym to have sexsynonym Main entry: biblical * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• know someone in the biblical way — know someone in the biblical way/​sense humorous phrase to have had sex with someone Thesaurus: sexual activityhyponym to have sexsynonym Main entry: biblical …   Useful english dictionary

• know someone from Adam — (not) know (someone) from Adam to have never met someone and not know anything about them. Why should I lend him money? I don t know him from Adam …   New idioms dictionary

• know someone inside out —    If you know someone inside out, you know them very well.     Sue and Anne have been friends since childhood. They know each other inside out …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• know someone from Adam — verb To know or recognise someone at all. Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know. I dont know her from Adam, the Boy said …   Wiktionary

• know someone by sight — recognize someone without knowing their name or being well acquainted with them. → know …   English new terms dictionary

• know someone by sight — recognize someone by their appearance without knowing their name or being so well acquainted as to talk to them …   Useful english dictionary