# you knows it

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/you-knows-it
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.

## Examples

- Are you coming to the party? You knows it!
- I asked if he wanted to grab a pizza after work, and he replied, you knows it.
- When the crowd cheered for an encore, the lead singer grinned and shouted, you knows it, before launching into the final song.

## 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. (disputed)

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