Phrase guide

know from a bar of soap

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To know; to be acquainted with (a person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, idiomatic, informal

Examples

  • After she won the lottery, Marge had long-lost relatives she didn't know from a bar of soap come up to her to ask for money.

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