know best—know smth. better than anybody else:
- On the premise that the workers often know best, the firms are forming “quality circles.” These are groups of employees who focus on what can be done to improve output.
know better—
1. = know best:
- Community members often know better how to reach their neighbors with key messages on reducing exposure to environmental health hazards.
2. understand the real reason for smth.:
- After getting his own food, he was jostled roughly so that everything cascaded to the floor … apparently an accident, too, though Rollie knew better.
3. be wise or sensible enough not to behave in a certain way:
- Even though he knew better, Vinnie lent Tom his license so he would have identification to cross the border.