tell the truth

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth.

   • That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
2. 2

   Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of…

   Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth".

   • Then it sneezed. Considering what it was smelling, that was no surprise. Tell the truth, I'd gotten so used to the jof jof dung that I didn't notice it anymore.

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