know all the angles

know all the angles
know all the angles
to know all the tricks and artifices of dealing with someone or something. •

Ask my accountant about taxes. He knows all the angles.

Larry knows all the angles. That's how he keeps out of the slammer.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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