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Meaning: (ambitransitive)Toknowanarea.Londonblack cabdrivers are obliged to undergo a nearly 3-year-long examination known as theKnowledgeto prove that theyknow their way aroundthe city.; (ambitransitive,idiomatic)Synonym ofknow one's stuff: to beknowledgeableabout asubjectortask.Joe reallyknows his way aroundcorn mazes.1951,Mickey Spillane,One Lonely Night[1]:"Mike's been in on a lot of big stuff, Lee," Pat cut in. "Heknows his way around."1998August 24, Johanna McGearyet al., “Sifting For Answers”, inTime:But after more than two decades in the FBI's secretive national-security division, sheknows her way aroundterrorism.2011,W. E. B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV,Covert Warriors[2],→ISBN:“What I need is either a set of CIA credentials—better yet, a CIA agent whoknows his way aroundand can be trusted to keep his mouth shut.”2012, Donna Hill,Dare to Dream[3],→ISBN:"Nothing like a man whoknows his way arounda kitchen," Desiree said.
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