what's what
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With the program and song texts only available to download on the cellphone, the audience was left in the dark without texts and, with amplification obscuring diction, not knowing what’s what.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
You are one of the few people who ever tells Carrie what's what, and I've waited 25 years for that.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
"Sometimes you think he's joking but his questions are completely genuine – you have to tell him what's what and that's how he learns," he told Bore Sul on BBC Radio Cymru.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
“You find out what’s what and who’s who. That’s usually how you get remembered. … Happy to be at seven. We’d rather be at nine, but we’re not. We’re not looking back.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023
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
