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know one's way around en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To know an area.
   • London black cab drivers are obliged to undergo a nearly 3-year-long examination known as the Knowledge to prove that they know their way around the city.
2. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of know one's stuff: to be knowledgeable about a subject or task.
   • "Mike's been in on a lot of big stuff, Lee," Pat cut in. "He knows his way around." 1951, Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night:
   • But after more than two decades in the FBI's secretive national-security division, she knows her way around terrorism. 1998 August 24, Johanna McGeary et al., “Sifting For Answers”, in Time:
   • Joe really knows his way around corn mazes.
   • "Nothing like a man who knows his way around a kitchen," Desiree said. 2012, Donna Hill, Dare to Dream, →ISBN:
   • “What I need is either a set of CIA credentials—better yet, a CIA agent who knows his way around and can be trusted to keep his mouth shut.” 2011, W. E. B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV, Covert Warriors, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

know one's stuff

Translations (21)

sv hitta i (know an area) · nl de weg kennen in (be knowledgeable about) · is þekkja til í (be knowledgeable about) · hu tájékozott (be knowledgeable about) · de sich auskennen in (know an area) · pl orientować się (know an area) · sv förstå sig på (be knowledgeable about) · hu (jól) eligazodik (know an area) · hu ismerős (valahol) (know an area) · nl de weg kennen in (know an area) · ga cur amach a bheith agat ar (know an area) · hu ért (valamihez) (be knowledgeable about) · de sich auskennen mit (be knowledgeable about) · is rata í (know an area) · hu kiismeri magát (know an area) · ga cur amach a bheith agat ar (be knowledgeable about) · pl znać się na rzeczy (be knowledgeable about) · hu jártas (be knowledgeable about) · hu járatos (be knowledgeable about) · hu (jól) ismer (be knowledgeable about) · hu jól értesült/informált (be knowledgeable about)