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know the score
Idioms and Phrases
Also, know what's what . Understand what is happening; be familiar with the real story or the full situation. For example, It will take the new legislators some time to know the score , or When it comes to teaching youngsters to read, Nell knows what's what . The first expression, dating from about 1930, alludes to score as a tally of points in a game. The variant dates from about 1400.Example Sentences
He needs to keep folks distracted, and if yelling "Kennedy" and "Epstein" is what it takes, well, Trump knows the score.
Montoya can at least claim to know the score, since he was a Spanish reality TV veteran before romantic distress transformed him into a heartsick Sonic the Hedgehog.
The players knew the score so well, their eyes remained glued on Dudamel.
Even if some at Fox management hate Trump for pushing them to to say false things on-air that got them sued, they know the score: It's him or Biden.
But West Ham know the score now on these European nights and, despite a wobble after conceding they dusted themselves down, made changes and dragged their way to victory.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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