tell on
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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
Because she wrote her book “Survival of the Thickest,” and so she was like, "Start with stories that are too long for you to tell on stage."
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024
The forest offered a measure of protection from the sun, but after a time the pace began to tell on them.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
