what's what
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“This is most disturbing. I’ll have Old Tim find out what’s what.”
From Literature
It’s not cut and dry, what’s what and how you’re going to feel.
From Los Angeles Times
We all know each other and what’s what and what’s up.
From Los Angeles Times
You are one of the few people who ever tells Carrie what's what, and I've waited 25 years for that.
From Salon
"Sometimes you think he's joking but his questions are completely genuine – you have to tell him what's what and that's how he learns," he told Bore Sul on BBC Radio Cymru.
From BBC
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