Usually means: Understand the situation or truth.
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  1. know the score: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. know the score: Merriam-Webster
  3. know the score: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. know the score: Vocabulary.com
  5. know the score: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. know the score: Wiktionary
  7. know the score: Dictionary.com
  8. know the score: Rhymezone
  9. know the score: FreeDictionary.org
  10. know the score: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. know the score: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. know the score: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To be aware of a situation, especially of the consequences of misconduct.

Similar:
be on the ball, be with it, know what is what, have a clue, know where one stands, know what one is about, know, look around, beknow, know which end is up, more...

Phrases:
leaders who really know the score, more...

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Similar:
be on the ball, be with it, know what is what, have a clue, know where one stands, know what one is about, know, look around, beknow, know which end is up, more...

Phrases:
leaders who really know the score, more...



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