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telling all

telling all is the present participle and gerund of tell all.

Meaning of tell all

Verb

tell all (third-person singular simple present tells all, present participle telling all, simple past and past participle told all)

  1. (idiomatic) To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.
    • The suspect told all when he saw the surveillance tapes linking him to the crime scene.
    Synonyms:
    confess
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, all.
    • She told all of the news to her friends.

Questions about telling all

What is telling all the present participle and gerund of?
Telling all is the present participle and gerund of tell all.

Words near telling all in the dictionary

  1. tellinacean
  2. tellinaceans
  3. telling
  4. telling a story
  5. telling against
  6. telling all
  7. telling apart
  8. telling bone
  9. telling bones
  10. telling fortunes
  11. telling it like it is

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