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kissed and told

kissed and told is the simple past and past participle of kiss and tell.

Meaning of kiss and tell

Verb

kiss and tell (third-person singular simple present kisses and tells, present participle kissing and telling, simple past and past participle kissed and told)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature.
    • While I told Joe all about my Beth, and he told me about his Ellen, a student at Northwestern, I did not go into any details about my sex life; I have never liked to kiss and tell, even though I suppose that's what I'm doing in these pages.2007, Robert Ayres Carter, Nobody yet Knows Who I Am: A Personal History: 1943-1953, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 34

Questions about kissed and told

What is kissed and told the simple past and past participle of?
Kissed and told is the simple past and past participle of kiss and tell.

Words near kissed and told in the dictionary

  1. kissathon
  2. kissathons
  3. kisse
  4. kissed
  5. kissed and made up
  6. kissed and told
  7. kissed arse
  8. kissed ass
  9. kissed goodbye
  10. kissed hands
  11. kissed off

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