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told all

told all is the simple past and past participle 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 told all

What is told all the simple past and past participle of?
Told all is the simple past and past participle of tell all.

Words near told all in the dictionary

  1. tolciclate
  2. tolclofos-methyl
  3. told
  4. told a story
  5. told against
  6. told all
  7. told apart
  8. told fortunes
  9. told it like it is
  10. told it to the hand
  11. told its own tale

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