what's what
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We all know each other and what’s what and what’s up.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
You are one of the few people who ever tells Carrie what's what, and I've waited 25 years for that.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
“You find out what’s what and who’s who. That’s usually how you get remembered. … Happy to be at seven. We’d rather be at nine, but we’re not. We’re not looking back.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023
They left them with nowhere to go, bar back to Nice with a lesson learned about what's what at the truly elite level of this game.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023
I stop trying to tell them what’s what.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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