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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

"It's just very painful not to know those things when those 18 Reuzegom defendants know it all," Mr De Vel said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

Yet if you think you know it all, you can’t — not unless you’ve shared the court with him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023

We know it all, and so maybe we don't dream as much.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2022

“Depend upon me—but ask no more questions. You will know it all in time. The most unaccountable business! But hush, hush!”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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