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told tales out of school

told tales out of school is the simple past and past participle of tell tales out of school.

Meaning of tell tales out of school

Verb

tell tales out of school (third-person singular simple present tells tales out of school, present participle telling tales out of school, simple past and past participle told tales out of school)

  1. (idiomatic) To reveal confidential or sensitive information; to gossip.
    • I see then we have both been at school. But did you never, when you were there, hear it said, "Tell no tales out of school?"1831 April 27, “Court of Aldermen”, in The Times, page 4

Questions about told tales out of school

What is told tales out of school the simple past and past participle of?
Told tales out of school is the simple past and past participle of tell tales out of school.

Words near told tales out of school in the dictionary

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

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