connaître sur le bout des doigts

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛ.tʁə syʁ lə bu de dwa/
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Verb

connaître sur le bout des doigts

  1. (transitive, figuratively) to know backwards, to know inside and out, to know off pat, to have down pat
    Synonym: connaître comme sa poche

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