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KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does know what's going on mean?
• KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON (verb)
The verb KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON has 1 sense:
1. be well-informed
Familiarity information: KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be well-informed
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
be on the ball; be with it; know the score; know what's going on; know what's what
Hypernyms (to "know what's going on" is one way to...):
know (know how to do or perform something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Context examples
We wanted to know what's going on there with the microbes and what's happening with the carbon they get.
(Microbes in underground aquifers beneath deep-sea Mid-Atlantic Ridge 'chow down' on carbon, National Science Foundation)
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