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tell all

idiom

To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    don't tell me

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

  2. 02

    I can tell you

    Emphasises the truth of a statement.

  3. 03

    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.

  4. 04

    I tell you

    Synonym of I can tell you.

  5. 05

    I'll tell you

    Synonym of I can tell you.

  6. 06

    kiss and tell

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

  7. 07

    let me tell you

    Synonym of I can tell you.

  8. 08

    live to tell the tale

    To survive some difficulty, illness, etc.

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