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know the score





VERB
know the ropes
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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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