with infinitive complement: To teach one, show one how to do something. Obsolete.

transitive. To teach. In various constructions. To teach (a person) to do or how to do something. (Also in passive.)

To teach, train, or educate (a person, the mind, etc.); to provide with knowledge or training. Also in… transitive. With clause as complement: to…

transitive. To inform, instruct, teach (a person) how to or (now less commonly) to do something, esp. by example. Also with omission of the thing…

transitive. To inform or advise on a particular matter; to make privy to pertinent information; to instruct (a person) how to act in a particular…

to know the ropes: be experienced in or familiar with some customary action, practice, etc. Also in to learn (also understand) the ropes. Hence to sh…