know the score
Example Sentences
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Montoya can at least claim to know the score, since he was a Spanish reality TV veteran before romantic distress transformed him into a heartsick Sonic the Hedgehog.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
But West Ham know the score now on these European nights and, despite a wobble after conceding they dusted themselves down, made changes and dragged their way to victory.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023
Which felt like his way of saying, The jig is up; we all know the score.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
Storm Lake needs Tom Cullen hounding the sheriff and the school superintendent on the phone so we know the score.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2020
They themselves did know the score, and they knew that the odds were in their favor, And, really, I knew it, too.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
