tell someone/something apart
Definition
› to recognize the difference between people or things that are similar: Many people have a hard time telling less expensive perfumes apart.
(Definition of tell someone/something apart from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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tell (someone) the truth idiom
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tell it like it is idiom
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tell me about it idiom
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tell off someone phrasal verb
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tell on someone phrasal verb
- tell someone/something apart phrasal verb
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tell time idiom
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tell v KNOW
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tell v ORDER
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tell v SAY
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tell v SHOW
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