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know-it-all
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know-it-all (nt-ôl)
n. Informal
One who claims to know everything and rejects advice or information from others.
know-it-all adj.
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Noun1.know-it-all - someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
know-all
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
egoist, egotist, swellhead - a conceited and self-centered person
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