write the book

write the book
idi to be the originator or recognized authority:
I'd trust their judgment about nuclear energy; they practically wrote the book[/ex]

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • write the book on — see ↑write • • • Main Entry: ↑book …   Useful english dictionary

  • Write the book on — be an expert at, especially a self proclaimed expert: Do I know anything about picture hanging? I wrote the book on it! …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • write the book on — Australian Slang be an expert at, especially a self proclaimed expert: Do I know anything about picture hanging? I wrote the book on it! …   English dialects glossary

  • to write the book — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Book of Books — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • by the book — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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