Meanings
verbwrite the book (third-person singular simple present writes the book, present participle writing the book, simple past wrote the book, past participle written the book)
present singular third person writes the book · participle present writing the book · past wrote the book · participle past written the book
- colloquialidiomaticwith onTo be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.
Do I know how to play chess? I wrote the book on it!
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write the book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write%20the%20book
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“write the book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write%20the%20book. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “write the book,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write%20the%20book.
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