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Know what's going on   /noʊ wəts gˈoʊɪŋ ɑn/   Listen
Know what's going on

verb
1.
Be well-informed.  Synonyms: be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's what.






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"Know what's going on" Quotes from Famous Books



... going to have to be informed," Lynch said. "I want to know what's going on, as fast ...
— The Impossibles • Gordon Randall Garrett

... insanitary houses. But if a man is poor and doesn't profess to believe in what some of them scarcely believe themselves, they wouldn't lift a finger to help him against the ignorance of their followers. Your stepfather was right enough there. They know what's going on. They know that it means lying and humbug for any number of people, and they don't care. Why should they? They've got it down all right. They're spoilt, ...
— Love and Mr. Lewisham • H. G. Wells

... you might have let me know," Ellen resumed with almost her usual poise. "It's rather mortifying not to know what's going on in your own family when the neighbors ask. Here was I without any knowledge of the arrival of my own niece and nephew! Had to be told by ...
— Cloudy Jewel • Grace Livingston Hill

... Rupert suddenly. "Where the plague can Bauer be? He was my eyes. Here we are, cooped up, and I don't know what's going on." ...
— Rupert of Hentzau - From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim: The Sequel to - The Prisoner of Zenda • Anthony Hope



Words linked to "Know what's going on" :   be with it, know the score, know what's what, know, be on the ball



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