i know it from experience

  • 11experience — n. practice participation 1) to acquire, gain, gather, get experience from 2) broad, wide; direct, firsthand; hands on; practical; previous experience 3) a learning experience 4) experience to + inf. (they don t have enough experience to do the… …

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  • 12know — know1 knower, n. /noh/, v., knew, known, knowing, n. v.t. 1. to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully. 2. to have established or fixed in the mind or memory: to know a poem by …

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  • 13know — {{11}}know (n.) inside information (as in in the know), 1883; earlier fact of knowing (1590s), from KNOW (Cf. know) (v.). {{12}}know (v.) O.E. cnawan (class VII strong verb; past tense cneow, pp. cnawen), to know, perceive; acknowledge, declare,… …

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  • 14experience — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extensive, great, long, vast, wide ▪ limited, little …

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  • 15know — v. & n. v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have in the mind; have learnt; be able to recall (knows a lot about cars; knows what to do). b (also absol.) be aware of (a fact) (he knows I am waiting; I… …

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  • 16know — [[t]noʊ[/t]] v. knew, known, know•ing, n. 1) to perceive or understand as fact or truth; apprehend clearly and with certainty 2) to have fixed in the mind or memory: to know a poem by heart[/ex] 3) to be cognizant of: I know it[/ex] 4) to be… …

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  • 17from bitter experience — if you know something from bitter experience, you know about its unpleasant aspects because you have experienced it before She knew from bitter experience it wasn t worth complaining. See: pill …

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  • 18experience — experienceable, adj. experienceless, adj. /ik spear ee euhns/, n., v., experienced, experiencing. n. 1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience …

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  • 19know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… …

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  • 20know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… …

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