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know one's ABCs
Fig. to know the alphabet; to know the most basic things (about something). Bill can't do it. He doesn't even know his ABCs. You can't expect to write a letter when you don't even know your ABCs.
See also: know

the ABCs of something

Fig. the basic facts or principles of something. I have never mastered the ABCs of car maintenance.

be as easy as abc
to be very easy You won't have any problems assembling your new bed - it's as easy as abc.
See also: easy

the ABCs of something
the basic information about a subject These young students are learning the ABCs of cooking.


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Foltz, ABC * 1982 A quick PR response to the IABC membership reaches series of fatal Tylenol 10,000, having doubled in four poisonings helps Johnson & years, in 110 chapters.
Because ABC is designed to provide useful financial insights into a company's operations, it's a process that should be well within accountants' sphere of expertise.
s ABC television network claims locked-out picketing union workers are interfering with other employees trying to get in and out of its buildings, and wants a court to restrain the pickets.
 
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