Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

know someone from adam

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: know -some-one from adam
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To know or recognize someone at all.

Example Sentences

"'Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said."
""Well," he said, "do you know me from Adam?""

Inflected Forms

knows someone from Adam (present, singular) knowing someone from Adam (participle, present) knew someone from Adam (past) known someone from Adam (participle, past)

Synonyms

know from a bar of soap know someone from Adam's off ox know someone from Eve know someone from a can of paint know someone from a hole in the ground know someone from a hole in the wall know someone from the man in the moon

Questions

What does know someone from adam mean?: To know or recognize someone at all.

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