Phrase Hound found 88 phrases and 65 compound words that contain tell. The most common are listed below. Open tell in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 88
- tell the truthUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth.
- time will tellEvents and outcomes cannot be known beforehand.
- Will Tell
- tell me about itUsed to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement.
- tell allTo reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.
- tell the differenceTo differentiate similar things.
- to tell the truthAn attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.
- tell you whatIntroduces a compromise or arrangement where the interlocutor has some benefit or advantage.
- tell offTo number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
- show and tellA school activity in which each student brings an item to school and presents a small speech on it to the class.
- tell-a-storyResembling or characteristic of the act or practice of telling a story.
- truth to tellActually; frankly; as a matter of fact.
- tell timeTo measure time, to determine the current time.
- tell the timeAlternative form of tell time: To measure time, to determine the current time.
- tell you the truthUsed to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth".
- William TellThe act of shooting an object off the top of a person's head.
- Tell CityA city in Troy Township, the county seat of Perry County, Indiana, United States.
- Et-TellAn archaeological site in Israel popularly thought to be the biblical city of Ai.
- kiss-and-tellBetraying a confidence by disclosing private information.
- can you tell usBegins a polite request; used on behalf of more than one speaker.
- Never Tell
- tell againstTo function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.
- only time will tellAlternative form of time will tell: Events and outcomes cannot be known beforehand.
- I can tell youEmphasises the truth of a statement.
- now you tell meUsed to indicate that the person telling them should have told the speaker earlier, typically with annoyance.
Compound words 65
- toldsimple past and past participle of tell
- tellerA person who tells stories.
- tellyTelevision.
- telltaleOne who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- foretellTo predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
- pentelA non-permanent marker pen.
- voluntellTo tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something.
- untellTo withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told.
- betellTo speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
- tellenArchaic spelling of tellin: Pronunciation spelling of telling.