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Verb: know the ropes
  1. Be experienced and familiar with how things work
    - know what's what

Derived forms: knows the ropes, knowing the ropes

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knotty pine
knotweed
knout
know
know apart
know as
know backwards
know by heart
know nothing
know the ropes
know the score
know what's going on
know what's what
knowable
know-all
knower
knoweth
know-how
knowing
knowingly