have/know all the answers

phrase

: to know the solution to every problem
He thinks he has/knows all the answers.

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Even after building the trillion-dollar tech giant, Apple’s Steve Jobs never pretended to have all the answers. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 That might still work in some instances, when leaders have all the answers and the environment is not changing much. — London Business School, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026 Even after building a trillion-dollar tech giant, Steve Jobs never pretended to have all the answers. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2026 Pretending to have all the answers can erode trust faster than any technical failure. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for have/know all the answers

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