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be told

VERB

receive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept collect draw earn gain get hear hold make obtain pick up pocket reap secure seize take take in win

STRONG

acquire admit apprehend appropriate arrogate assume catch cop corral derive gather grab inherit perceive procure pull redeem snag

WEAK

be given be in receipt of be informed come by come into get from get hands on get hold of latch on to pull down take possession

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny disallow discourage dissuade drop fail forfeit forsake free give halt let go lose offer pass refuse reject release renounce repulse spend stop throw away

STRONG

push repel

WEAK

deliver donate turn away

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be told

“You are … on notice, before release, that the insinuation is false, that the material refuting it is public, and that you chose not to be told the rest,” Spiro wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Tato also acknowledged the young people of Madagascar, who "knew how important it was that their story be told".

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

He obviously hit a nerve, which revealed there was, in fact, a story there waiting to be told.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

At one point, Judge Friedrich instructed the US government to get hold of the original handwritten document and the carbon copy, only to be told the authorities in Tripoli couldn't find them.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was one of those unspoken rules that Mom was always talking about—those things that people are supposed to know without having to be told.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

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