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Tkacka15 Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

I've been known to look the other way

I've been known to look the other way.

Does the sentence above mean that I've been made to look the other way?

  

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No, it means that on some past occasions you have looked the other way. "I've been known to ~" is a figure of speech used to state or admit that you have on occasion behaved in a certain way.

  • No, it means that on some past occasions you have looked the other way.
  • "I've been known to ~" is a figure of speech used to state or admit that you have on occasion behaved in a certain way.
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No, it means that on some past occasions you have looked the other way. "I've been known to ~" is a figure of speech used to state or admit that you have on occasion behaved in a certain way.

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