ins and outs

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ins and outs (of something)

the correct and successful way to do something; the special things that one needs to know to do something. I don't understand the ins and outs of politics. Jane knows the ins and outs of repairing computers.

See also: and, INS, out

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He never meddled with any other town, for he was afraid to venture into houses whose ins and outs he did not know and the habits of whose households he was not acquainted with. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context It takes a big raskil to beat him; but there's bigger to be found, as know more o' th' ins and outs o' the law, else how came Wakem to lose Brumley's suit for him? The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context Also, within an hour or so, he was able to bring to us a Greek boy of seventeen or eighteen who knew thoroughly well the ins and outs of oyster piracy. Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context			infuse with ingratiate ingratiate oneself into ingratiate oneself with inherit from inhibit from doing initiate into inject into ink ink in inkling inlay with innocent innocent as a lamb inoculate inoculate against inoculate with inquire inquire about inquire after inquire for inquire into inquire of inquire within ins ins and outs inscribe inscribe into inscribe on inscribe with insert insert between insert in inside inside a week inside information inside job inside joke inside story inside track insinuate insinuate oneself into insist on inspire inspire in inspire with install install as install in instance instigate to do			Inroads Inroll inrolling Inrollment inros INRP INRr InRRDP INRS INRSS INRST INRUD inrumpere Inrunning inruptio inrush inrush inrush Inrush current Inrush current Inrush current Inrush current limiter inrushes inrushes inrushing inrushing INS INS INS INS ins and outs INS Integrated Network Ins key INS-GW ins. Ins.gov INS/MV Insa Insa Dong Insa-dong INSAAC Insaat Mühendisleri Odasi Insabbatati INSAC Insadong INSAE INSAET INSAF Insafety INSAFS INSAG insagacious INSAI

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