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
“We didn’t know the score or what was going on in the other matches,” Martin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
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
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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