kissing and telling
kissing and telling is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
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- Kissing and telling is the present participle and gerund of kiss and tell.
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