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know-it-all

[noh-it-awl] / ˈnoʊ ɪtˌɔl /


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A voyager is curious and open to the idea that they don’t know it all.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2024

Virgos are like, “I know it all even if I’m wrong.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023

"The 15-year-olds aren't impressed - they know it all at that age."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

Lansbury was wise without being a know-it-all, even though she did actually know it all.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

And maybe if she could hear it four more times, just four more times, she would know it all.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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