know backwards

English

Alternative forms
  • know backwards and forwards (US)
  • know back to front (US and UK)

Etymology

Suggesting such familiarity with something that one could recite or list it even in reverse order.

Verb

know backwards

  1. (Britain, transitive) To have very thorough knowledge of something.

Synonyms
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