know by heart
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Many belted out a gospel song that everyone seemed to know by heart: “A God like you” by choir director, rapper and songwriter Kirk Franklin.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
At home, the team is beloved as the Steel Roses, which is also the title of their theme song that millions of Chinese know by heart.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023
"That's what I love," Hanley said, referring to the moment in which the images of the Beatles that fans know by heart suddenly appear right before their eyes.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023
They go for the coffee and doughnuts, as well as to hear the music they know by heart, Norma said, but they also soak up the fuss people make over them.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022
Then we have a looonnnnng assembly and watch Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which you know by heart from listening to it fifty-eleven times at home.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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