to have it all figured out
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6.0
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
tenerlo todo resuelto
- After weeks of planning, he felt he finally had it all figured out for their trip.
- think I have it all figured out
- have it all figured out now
- seem to have it all figured out
It's actually better to realize that you don't have it all figured out.
- It's actually better to realize that you don't have it all figured out.
- Because even though I do not have it all figured out, I have some things figured out, I think.
- And, and honestly, I don't think that I, I don't think that I could have said that I'd had it all figured out up until maybe about five years ago.
- Whereas the grandiose narcissistic person may be more contemptuous of your help, feeling that they have like they have it all figured out.
- So I don't yet know who has it all figured out, but definitely the direction that we're going towards is more problematic and I'll explain why.
- And I think this applies to anything where we are trying to look for solutions where when I reach this point, then I will have it all figured out.
- You have and I think that, and these are some things like I don't have it all figured out, but these are things that I'm continuously working on.
- I, when I first came out to Lai like thought I was like, I thought I had it all figured out and I just like it.
Examples
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I used to think that I had it all figured out.
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I think I have it all figured out now.
Fiction book (1993) -
-And I thought I had it all figured out.
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You said you had it all figured out.
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I was the guy who had it all figured out.
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You obviously have it all figured out.
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- I have it all figured out.
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I have it all figured out.
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I was 16 years old and thought I had it all figured out.
Blog text (33) -
You don't have to have it all figured out before you get started.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
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2.2
To think about something and find an answer or understand it
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6.7
To understand a situation or subject well
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8.4
To find out what is happening by looking for facts and clues
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4.4
To think hard to find the answer to a difficult problem
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7.8
To understand how things work in a place or job
Antonyms
How Certain
- Informal
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6.0
- Informal
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2.2
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1.0
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
have + it + all + figure + out
The overall meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'figure out' = to understand or solve, 'have' = to possess, and 'all' = completely, so 'have it all figured out' straightforwardly means to possess a complete understanding. This compositional pattern (possess + phrasal verb + intensifier) is common in English and would be accessible to a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Have it all figured out gives the image of someone who has put all the pieces of a puzzle or plan in the right place and figured out how they fit. So it means 'to understand or solve something completely'.