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inside out

Extremely well, thoroughly, especially alluding to knowing something. For example, He knows this system inside out . [First half of 1900s]
With the inner surface turned out or revealed, as in He wore his shirt inside out . This expression dates from about 1600 and was soon used figuratively, as in He turned the verses inside out and revealed their hidden sense .

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“The city was already draped in swastikas. Bright red flags hanging, flapping, lolling like dead tongues from every corner shop … Berlin was bleeding from the inside out.”

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"I just come in with a positive attitude. I know the people and the products inside out," said Mr Leech, who is now a planning manager for the refinery.

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I think you know me inside out by now and I really appreciate that.

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“Trump and Musk and the GOP are … trying to make it fail from the inside out,” said Mills-Senn.

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Read said Peebles "knew his music & cricket inside out. Raise your bat & enjoy a long rest in the pavilion".

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