tell on
verbDefinitions
To inform on, to rat out
To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
- My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.
- Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
To cause visible strain to.
- Years of drinking started to tell on his body.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for tell on. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA