tell on
Verb
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Verb
tell on
- (usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
- Synonyms: bewray
- My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Samuel 27:11 ↗:
- Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
- To cause visible strain to.
- Years of drinking started to tell on his body.
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