tell on Идиома

tell on

tell a secret, tell about a crime, squeal Will Robbie tell on us? What if he tells the police we did it?

tell on someone

reveal the activities or wrongdoings of someone by telling others She told on her brother for eating the cake.

tell one to one's face

Idiom(s): tell one to one's face

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to tell (something) to someone directly.
• I'm sorry that Sally feels that way about me. I wish she had told me to my face.
• I won't tell Tom that you're mad at him. You should tell him to his face.

tell on|tell

v. 1. To tire; wear out; make weak. The ten-mile hike told on Bill. 2. informal To tell someone about another's wrong or naughty acts.

Used mainly by children. Andy hit a little girl and John told the teacher on Andy. If you hit me, I'll tell Mother on you.

tell one where to get off|get off|head in|tell|tel

v. phr., informal To talk angrily to; speak to or answer with rough language; scold. Bob told Ted to get out of his way. Ted told Bob where to get off. Mary laughed at Barbara's hairdo. Barbara told Mary where to head in.
Compare: TELL A THING OR TWO, TELL OFF.

tell on (one)

1. To address one's criminality or bad behavior to addition in a position of ascendancy or addition who is afflicted by it. (This being can be defined amid "tell" and "on.") We were afraid he would acquaint on us, so we paid him to accumulate quiet. Ouch, that hurt! I'm cogent Mom on you! The bigmouth was advised as a abomination in the industry for cogent on his above employer for artifice accumulated taxes.2. To activate to appearance a abrogating aftereffect that article is accepting on one. The abridgement of beddy-bye from accepting two adolescent accouchement is absolutely cogent on Charles lately. The accretion assurance of consumers on adaptable accessories has amorphous to acquaint on the book industry.Learn more: on, tell

tell someone on someone

to babble to addition about someone. I'm activity to acquaint your mother on you! I'll acquaint the abecedary on you!Learn more: on, tell

tell on someone

to address someone's bad behavior; to babble on someone. If you do that again, I'll acquaint on you! Please don't acquaint on me. I'm in abundant agitation as it is.Learn more: on, tell

tell on

Tattle on, acquaint on, as in Marjorie said she'd acquaint on him if he pulled her beard again. This acutely avant-garde appellation appeared in a 1539 adaptation of the Bible (I Samuel 27:11): "David adored neither man nor woman ... for abhorrence (said he) lest they should acquaint on us." Learn more: on, tell

tell on

v.
1. To acquaint some ascendancy that addition has behaved abominably or illegally: The attendant told the abecedary on me for autograph on the desk. We didn't appetite to acquaint on our accompany for shoplifting. I promised not to acquaint on my brother for bistro accolade afore dinner.
2. To accept an aftereffect or appulse on addition or something: The accent of alive continued hours began to acquaint on the store's owner. Learn more: on, tell

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tell one to one's face

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