Tell on

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verb(usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.

"My sister told on me when I didn't go to school."

2.verbTo cause visible strain to.

"Years of drinking started to tell on his body."

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