tell on
Example Sentences
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It’s a joke with its own Wikipedia page, one economists tell on economists, about being stuck on a deserted island with a can of food and no way open it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Most people can’t help but tell on themselves.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
The pressure of the chase began to tell on Spirit until Gibson came in and struck five fours from her first six balls to give her side the momentum.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024
But the story of Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce is proof positive that sports—and the stories they tell on any given Sunday—do not exist in a vacuum.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2024
“Did they tell on us? Lauren and them? How’d they know?”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
