Credit
Credit verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.
Know
Know verb - To have a practical understanding of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Iran's western neighbors—particularly the Arabs—regard them as stuck-up know-it-alls who aren't willing to give credit where credit is due.
Source: National Stereotypes / Asia -
Dude Where Is My Respect: Everyone makes it explicitly clear they give all the credit to Colton's surgery and full recovery to God and the prayers, rather than, you know, the trained doctors and surgeons.
Source: Film / Heaven Is For Real - His radio ballads, such as "The Shoals of Herring" and "Thirty-Foot Trailer" have such a traditional feel that there are singers who don't know he wrote them, much less give him credit.
Source: Covered Up
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