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let me tell you

idiom
Meaning

Synonym of I can tell you.


Examples
SIMPLE

Let me tell you, this pizza is delicious.

CONTEXTUAL

Let me tell you, the traffic was so bad that I arrived an hour late to the party.

COMPLEX

Let me tell you, the sheer scale of the project was daunting, yet the team remained committed to finishing it on time.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  2. 02

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  3. 03

    don't tell me

    Used to introduce a guess at a fact or situation, as if forestalling the other speaker's utterance.

  4. 04

    I can tell you

    Emphasises the truth of a statement.

  5. 05

    I tell a lie

    I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.

  6. 06

    I tell you

    Synonym of I can tell you.

  7. 07

    I'll tell you

    Synonym of I can tell you.

  8. 08

    kiss and tell

    To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature.

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