know the score
Example Sentences
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"Everyone seems to know the score, they've seen it all before."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you’re reading this, you already know the score, along with all the best lines and most memorable “bad hombres” — Corporal Hicks, Hudson, Vasquez, Bishop and the rest.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
Which felt like his way of saying, The jig is up; we all know the score.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
If you don’t want to know the score, you’re out of luck: Liverpool won 2-0.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2021
Her teeth are like sparkling and her eyes are like flashing and my heart is beating like crazy but I know the score.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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