level with
level with verb: to be frank or particularly honest and clear with someone.
Verb
level with (third-person singular simple present levels with, present participle (US) leveling with or (UK) levelling with, simple past and past participle (US) leveled with or (UK) levelled with)
- To be frank or particularly honest and clear with someone.
- Why am I here? I'll level with you. For the last few years the Congress has been appropriating about 325 million for the REA program and it hasn't been enough.1972, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, quoting Gerald F. Dibble, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification of the...
- Let me level with you, man, as someone guilty of the game / I took the help, I took the cash, I would've taken your last name2020, Penelope Scott, “Rät” (track 7), in Public Void
Forms of level with
| third-person singular present | levels with |
|---|---|
| present participle US | leveling with |
| present participle UK | levelling with |
| past participle US | leveled with |
| past US | leveled with |
| past participle UK | levelled with |
| past UK | levelled with |
Questions about level with
- What does level with mean?
- Level with means to be frank or particularly honest and clear with someone.
- What part of speech is level with?
- Level with is a verb.
- What is the past tense of level with?
- The past tense of level with is leveled with.
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