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English
Verb
tell on (third-person singular simple present tells on, present participle telling on, simple past and past participle told on)
- (usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
- Synonym: (archaic) bewray
My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.
- To cause visible strain to.
Years of drinking started to tell on his body.
Translations
to tell someone that someone else has done something wrong
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