tell on sb
(INFORM) informal — phrasal verb with tell /tel/ verb (told, told)Definition
› to give information about someone, usually something bad that they have said or done, especially to a person in authorityRevealing secrets and becoming known
(Definition of tell on sb (INFORM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- blow the whistle on sb/sth idiom
- blow/take the lid off sth idiom
- break verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- confide verb
- emerge verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- expose verb (MAKE PUBLIC)
- King's evidence noun
- leak noun (INFORMATION)
- leak verb (INFORMATION)
- let sb in on a secret idiom
- open sb's eyes idiom
- open sth up phrasal verb (SHOW)
- open your heart to someone idiom
- rat on sb/sth phrasal verb
- sneak verb (TELL SECRETLY)
- squeal verb
- telltale adjective
- turn out phrasal verb (HAPPEN)
- turn the spotlight on sth idiom
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