know it

idiom

: to be aware of something
It's wrong and you know it!

Examples of know it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Your kids know it, and some day someone else will too. Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 Time passed, and the world didn’t really know it was being worked on behind the scenes. Chris Willman, Variety, 8 May 2024 The officers didn’t know it, but the girl was zip-tied to a bed in a back room at the time, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 The locals know it, and often the weather knows it too. Towns along I-10 and the coast of Louisiana fear hurricanes the most, while those who live along I-20 in the northern part of the state tend to be more wary of tornadoes. Rob Marciano, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2024 Democrats and Republicans have grown farther apart — and Americans know it. Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024 The duck doesn’t know it—and who could blame it, really—but azolla may soon spread across human civilization, becoming food for people and livestock, fertilizer for crops, and even biofuel. Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024 Muslims know it as the Noble Sanctuary, where the prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven. Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 Some of you might know it from the board game Risk. Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024

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“Know it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know%20it. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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