know someone from Adam
know someone from Adam · knows someone from Adam · knew someone from Adam · known someone from Adam · knowing someone from Adam
To know or recognize someone at allTo know or recognize someone at all.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To know or recognize someone at all.
Translations
2 languagesForms
knows someone from Adam, knowing someone from Adam, knew someone from Adam, known someone from Adam| Base form | know someone from Adam · to know someone from Adam |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | knows someone from Adam |
| Present participle | knowing someone from Adam |
| Past simple | knew someone from Adam |
| Past participle | known someone from Adam |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | know someone from Adam |
| he, she, it | knows someone from Adam |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | knew someone from Adam |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have known someone from Adam |
| he, she, it | has known someone from Adam |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will know someone from Adam |
Synonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.