IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW

Meaning of IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW in English

references are important, Bob's your uncle In politics, it's not what you know, it's who you know.

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IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW — references are important, Bobs your uncle In politics, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOU
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈn(y)ü ; or dialect knowed ˈnōd ; known ˈnōn sometimes -ōən ; also dialect knowed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOW — know 1 — knower , n. /noh/ , v. , knew, known, knowing , n. v.t. 1. to perceive or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈnü also ˈnyü ; known ˈnōn ; know·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNOW — noun knee. 2. know ·vi to have sexual commerce with. 3. know ·vi to be assured; to feel confident. 4. …
Webster English vocab
KNOW — [know] vb knew ; known ; know.ing [ME, fr. OE cnawan; akin to OHG bichnaan to recognize, L gnoscere, noscere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNOW
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOW — I. know 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense knew /njuː $ nuː/, past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNOW — v. & n. v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1. tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Oxford English vocab
KNOW — ( knows, knowing, knew, known) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNOW — (BE FAMILIAR WITH) [verb] [past simple] knew, [past participle] known - to be familiar with or have experience and understanding …
Cambridge English vocab
KNOW — Synonyms and related words : absorb, account, acquaintance, aller sans dire, announcement, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, associate with, be acquainted with, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOW — verb 1 have information about sth ADVERB ▪ full well , perfectly well , very well ▪ I don't ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
KNOW — See ↑ EXPERIENCE 3, ↑ KNOW/NOT KNOW 1,2,11,22, ↑ RECOGNIZE 1, ↑ SPEAK 3, ↑ SURE/NOT SURE 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
KNOW — n. 25B6; verb she doesn't know I'm here : BE AWARE, realize, be conscious, be informed; notice, perceive, see, sense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOW — v. 1 understand, comprehend, be familiar with, grasp, be acquainted with, be versed or skilled in Do you know anything …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KNOW — verb 1 BAD : I ran downstairs to know what was happening. GOOD : I ran downstairs to find out …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KNOW — 1. гл. 1) а) знать (тж. know about/of); иметь представление, располагать определенным набором знаний to know what's what разг. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNOW — 1. nəʋ n знание to be in the know - разг. быть в курсе дела 2. nəʋ v (knew; known) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KNOW — 1. nəʋ n знание to be in the know - разг. быть в курсе дела 2. nəʋ v (knew; known) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KNOW — 1. гл. ; прош. вр. - knew , прич. прош. вр. - known 1) а) знать ( тж. know about, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KNOW — 1. гл.; прош. вр. - knew, прич. прош. вр. - known 1) а) знать (тж. know about, know of); иметь представление, располагать …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KNOW — 1. _v. 1> знать (тж. know of); иметь представление; to know about smth. - знать о чем-л.; I know of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KNOW — 1. v. 1. знать (тж. know of); иметь представление; to know about smth. - знать о чем-л.; I know of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KNOW — 1. _v. (knew - known) 1> знать (тж. know of); иметь представление; to know about smth. знать о чём-л.; I …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
KNOW — 1. гл. 1) а) знать (тж. know about/of); иметь представление, располагать определенным набором знаний to know what's what разг. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHO — I. (|)hü, _ü pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwā; akin to Old High German hwer, interrog. pron., who, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHAT — I. (|)(h)wä]t, (|)(h)wə] also (|)(h)wȯ]; usu ]d.+V pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæt, neuter of hwā who; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHO — (object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. …
Английский словарь Webster
WHO — ( object. ) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHO — /hooh/ , pron.; possessive whose; objective whom . 1. what person or persons?: Who did it? 2. (of a person) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHAT — /hwut, hwot, wut, wot/ ; unstressed /hweuht, weuht/ , pron. 1. (used interrogatively as a request for specific information): What …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHAT — I. ˈhwät, ˈhwət, ˈwät, ˈwət pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæt, neuter of hwā who — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHO — pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwā; akin to Old High German hwer, interrogative pronoun, who, Latin quis, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHO — pron one; any; one. 2. who (·obj) originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; used always substantively, …
Webster English vocab
WHAT — noun something; thing; stuff. 2. what (·pron, ·adj, ·adv) as a relative pronoun. 3. what (interrogative ·adv) why? for what …
Webster English vocab
WHO — [who] pron [ME, fr. OE hwa; akin to OHG hwer, interrog. pron., who, L quis, Gk tis, L qui, rel. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHAT — [what] pron [ME, fr. OE hwaet, neut. of hwa who--more at who] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1)--used as an interrogative …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHO — / huː; NAmE / pronoun 1. used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHAT — / wɒt; NAmE wɑːt; wʌt/ pronoun , determiner 1. used in questions to ask for particular information about sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHO — I. Who, Dr BrE AmE ⇨ see ↑ Dr Who II. Who, The BrE AmE a British ↑ rock group …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHO
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHAT — what S1 W1 /wɒt $ wɑːt, wʌt/ BrE AmE pronoun , determiner , predeterminer [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHO — pron. (obj. whom or colloq. who; poss. whose) 1 a what or which person or persons? (who called?; you know …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHAT — adj., pron., & adv. --interrog.adj. 1 asking for a choice from an indefinite number or for a statement of amount, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHO — pron. (obj. whom or colloq. who; poss. whose) 1 a what or which person or persons? (who called?; you know …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHAT — adj., pron., & adv. interrog.adj. 1 asking for a choice from an indefinite number or for a statement of amount, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHO — pron. (obj. whom or colloq. who; poss. whose) 1. a what or which person or persons? (who called?; you know …
Oxford English vocab
WHAT — adj., pron., & adv. --interrog.adj. 1. asking for a choice from an indefinite number or for a statement of amount, …
Oxford English vocab
WHO — Usually pronounced /hu:/ for meanings 2 and 3. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHAT — Usually pronounced /(h)wɒt/ for meanings 2, 4 and 5. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Not' is often shortened to 'n’t' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHO — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Who' is used as the subject …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHAT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in questions when …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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