know the score
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“We didn’t know the score or what was going on in the other matches,” Martin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
If you’re reading this, you already know the score, along with all the best lines and most memorable “bad hombres” — Corporal Hicks, Hudson, Vasquez, Bishop and the rest.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
But West Ham know the score now on these European nights and, despite a wobble after conceding they dusted themselves down, made changes and dragged their way to victory.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
Which felt like his way of saying, The jig is up; we all know the score.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
They themselves did know the score, and they knew that the odds were in their favor, And, really, I knew it, too.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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