tell on
Example Sentences
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The final product is not that — there are stories that I tell on the record, but every song is not a story song.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
It’s a joke with its own Wikipedia page, one economists tell on economists, about being stuck on a deserted island with a can of food and no way open it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"I think this might be a long-term system for Slot, but time will tell on that," former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock told BBC Sport.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Because she wrote her book “Survival of the Thickest,” and so she was like, "Start with stories that are too long for you to tell on stage."
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024
“Or have you just been to tell on us?”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
