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telling the truth

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

Meaning of tell the truth

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth.
    • That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.2022 September 26, “Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden”, in Mark Trevelyan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2022, Europe

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Questions about telling the truth

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

Words near telling the truth in the dictionary

  1. telling someone where to get off
  2. telling someone where to shove it
  3. telling tales
  4. telling tales out of school
  5. telling the time
  6. telling the truth
  7. telling the truth and shaming the devil
  8. telling time
  9. telling volumes
  10. telling-off
  11. telling-offs

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