know like a book
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know like a book
verb knows like a book · knowing like a book · knew like a book · known like a book
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To have an extensive and penetrating understanding of (something or someone).
"He's a bad man, that John Mason, and my advice to you and to every one, is to keep clear of him. I know him like a book."
Similar: know inside and out, know like the back of one's hand
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