English Explanatory Dictionary

tell on

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
  2. To cause visible strain to.

Word forms

tell on tells on telling on told on

Synonyms

bewray

Related words

rat out
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