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Etymology
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Verb
know someone from Adam (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam, present participle knowing someone from Adam, simple past knew someone from Adam, past participle known someone from Adam)
- (idiomatic) To know or recognize someone at all.
- Synonyms: know someone from Adam's off ox, know from a bar of soap, know someone from a can of paint, know someone from a hole in the ground, know someone from a hole in the wall, know someone from the man in the moon
1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:'Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said.
1963, Audrey Lillian Barker, The joy-ride and after:"Well," he said, "do you know me from Adam?"
Usage notes
- Almost always used in the negative.
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