# party to

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/party-to
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Privy to; having knowledge of.

## Examples

- I was not party to their private conversation.
- The manager was party to the decision before anyone else in the department knew about it.
- Though she had been party to the conspiracy from the start, she chose silence over confession when the investigators finally arrived.

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