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tell against sb/sth
UK formal — phrasal verb with tell /tel/ verb (told, told)Definition
› to make someone or something more likely to fail: His reputation as a troublemaker told against him when he tried to change his job.Affecting and influencing
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Synonyms and related words:
- affect verb (INFLUENCE)
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth phrasal verb
- bearing noun (INFLUENCE)
- carry (sth) over phrasal verb
- colour verb (INFLUENCE)
- come over sb phrasal verb
- infiltrate verb
- influence verb
- influential adjective
- inroads noun
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