Synonyms for au fait

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh fe

Phonetic Transcription : oʊ ˈfɛ

Définition of au fait

Origin : 1743, French, "to the point, to the matter under discussion," literally "to the fact," from fait "fact" (see feat). Used in French with sense of "acquainted with the facts."

adj familiar with

Example sentences :

Lady Perry had noticed enough to be au fait with the situation at a word.
Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope

Wherefore she knew that her gray foulard was distinctly not au fait.
Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche

If poets wrote only of things with which they were au fait, where would all our poetry be?
Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar

Yes, but it would not be au fait for Madame to wear darned stockings.
Extract from : « Drusilla with a Million » by Elizabeth Cooper

I have told him nothing, yet he seems to be au fait to the whole business.
Extract from : « Charlotte Bront » by T. Wemyss Reid

Meanwhile Jessie was making Maxwell au fait with the situation.
Extract from : « The Weight of the Crown » by Fred M. White

I will keep you "au fait" of all that passes in this country if you wish it.
Extract from : « Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question » by Lucien Wolf

I will undertake that when you leave this you shall be au fait at everything.
Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope

Now, this is a subject on which I flatter myself I really am au fait.
Extract from : « Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome

His lordship appears to be au fait on every subject one can possibly imagine.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two » by Harriette Wilson

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