know-all

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disapproval 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. someone who behaves as if they know everything - used to show disapproval American Equivalent: know-it-all
know-it-all
One who makes it appear as if they're an expert on a subject while there are also signals (subtly or blatantly noticeable) that they don't know very much on the subject or at least as much as they're acting like they do on the subject; pretending to knowledge on a subject matter -- normally intended as a pejorative

We had it all figured out, but this know-it-all marched in with the correct way of solving it, leaving our experiment in shambles.

know-it-all
disapproval If you say that someone is a know-it-all, you are critical of them because they think that they know a lot more than other people. someone who behaves as if they know everything - used to show disapproval British Equivalent: know-all
know-it-all
person who thinks he knows everything, person who thinks he is right all the time
know-it-all
someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
knowall
One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; usually ironical
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