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
“Obviously, time is going to tell on this,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
"It's the play that tells the exact story that I want this national theatre company to be able to tell, on the second biggest stage in Europe," Sheen told BBC News.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
The thing is, most people can’t help but tell on themselves.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
Every time you turned around she was threatening to go tell on you or was whining about something or being just a plain old pest.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
