have been there before

Meaning

1. to know all about a situation because you have experienced it

In the movies · 19

• Nope. Ever cross your mind, guys, that archeologists have been here before?Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009
• Must have been something before Clu screwed it upTRON: Legacy2010
• Have you been here before?The Visitor2008
• Have you been here before?Dolittle2020
• If only people could have been doing this before...Boogie Nights1997
• Someone sits on the shore and tells him how the waves have been there long before Bill existed...It's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• What, have you been here before?Predestination2014
• None of us have been to this lake before.Knock at the Cabin2023

From the same entry

• been there, done that
• be there for
• by there
• not all there
• so there
• there it is
• there's a good boy, girl, dog
• there's lovely, nice
• there's for you
• there or thereabouts
• there, there
• there you are