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What is a know-all?

What is a know-all? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chiefly Britain, Ireland) Someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject.
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Despite his reputation as a know-all, he had charisma and went on to become president of the students' union at Strathclyde.
Then the witnesses were called, and Mr. know-all did first give in his evidence against him.
The little perishers then proceed to cackle uncontrollably as the know-all adults repeatedly make prats of themselves like the landlubbers that they are.
And Emma, who is, quite frankly, a bit of a know-all, says it's the same in Latin.
And so now, since I am apparently such a know-all, you will want to know what my vision of the future is.
When the policy is released, it should be exposed in detail, rather it being automatically put-down by some know-all columnist.

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