know what's what
Example Sentences
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Could be days before we know what’s what.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022
And then how you experience it is you experience it, through symbolism and metaphor, because a lot of the world when you're a kid you don't really know what's what.
From Salon • May 26, 2020
He’s got the experience of Tim Murtagh to help him know what’s what at Lord’s, but will know that if his team don’t make early inroads they’re in a world of trouble.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2019
"Future researchers writing the history of Cambodia will not know what's what."
From Fox News • Nov. 17, 2018
The Preacher said, “If it was me, I’d circle around and come from the south. You all go look north. I’m not expecting any trouble. These are my woods, I know what’s what out here.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
