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tells the truth

tells the truth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is tells the truth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tells the truth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tell the truth.

Words near tells the truth in the dictionary

  1. tells someone where to get off
  2. tells someone where to shove it
  3. tells tales
  4. tells tales out of school
  5. tells the time
  6. tells the truth
  7. tells the truth and shames the devil
  8. tells time
  9. tells volumes
  10. tellsome
  11. telltale

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