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What (who) is know-all - definition
PERSON WHO OBNOXIOUSLY PURPORTS AN EXPANSIVE COMPREHENSION OF A TOPIC
Know it all; Besserwisser; Know-all
know-all
(know-alls)
If you say that someone is a know-all, you are critical of them because they think that they know a lot more than other people. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use know-it-all
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N-COUNT [disapproval]
Know-all
·noun One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre;
- usually ironical.
know-all
(N. Amer. know-it-all)
¦ noun informal a person who behaves as if they know everything.
Examples of use of know-all
1. "We hit it off straight away – I wanted to know all about his world, and he wanted to know all about mine.
2. McCLELLAN÷ You just heard from the President. He said he doesn‘t know all the facts. I don‘t know all the facts.
3. Just about all of them were at the party on Thursday, so we know all their news, they know all ours.
4. "The guerrillas know all this as well," Tanguila said.
5. I am Kierans relative and I know all that happened.