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you knows it

idiom
Meaning

Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.

Origin

disputed origin

This phrase was popularised by The GLC from Newport, Wales, but has had currency in US Afro-American vernacular English and possibly elsewhere since no later than the 1960s.

Examples
SIMPLE

Are you coming to the party? You knows it!

CONTEXTUAL

I asked if he wanted to grab a pizza after work, and he replied, you knows it.

COMPLEX

When the crowd cheered for an encore, the lead singer grinned and shouted, you knows it, before launching into the final song.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as far as one knows

    To the best of one's knowledge, as far as someone knows or possible information to be gathered about the topic, subject, aspect, or situation.

  2. 02

    as you know

    as it is already known.

  3. 03

    fuck if I know

    I have no idea whatsoever

  4. 04

    fuck knows

    I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear.

  5. 05

    hell if I know

    Synonym of I don't know.

  6. 06

    I don't know about that

    I am not sure that I agree; expressing doubt or skepticism.

  7. 07

    I hardly know her

    A joking retort that draws attention to the possibility of sexual innuendo when a word ends with a schwar.

  8. 08

    it takes one to know one

    Expressing the same underlying character-judgment themes as pot calling the kettle black or set a thief to catch a thief.

Last updated April 17, 2026