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Meanings of tell on in English

Spanish
traicionar

Give away information about somebody.

traicionar
Usage of tell on in English
1
Yitzhak said in a mock whisper, Please don't tell on us, Judd.
The book of spies
2
But look...I know you think I'll tell on you, but I won't.
After midnight
3
As soon as he was gone his sister would tell on him.
Cry for the strangers
4
The lack of exercise and manual labor began to tell on Ben.
One Basket
5
I had no desire to tell on their little drug smuggling problem.
Rebel island
6
A bit of a secret, so please don't tell on me, okay?
Boston noir
7
For my own sake, I had no disposition to tell on her.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
8
The lack of exercise and manual labour began to tell on Ben.
Half Portions
9
When he ran to your papa and tried to tell on you?
Dragonshadow
10
Can't tell on board ship what you might want in a hurry.
Typhoon
11
It's a name as I never see or heard tell on before.
The Weapons of Mystery
12
I knowed my brother runned off, but I wouldn't tell on him.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
Fust t'ing you know, I'm gwine tell on some ob 'em, too.
Sandy
14
The Tories have a story to tell on the economy and about Labour.
The Guardian
15
I can't tell on this particular application but yeah, we can know that.
The new yorker
16
A family's decadent past could tell on its children, dragging the race backwards.
The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
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Translations for tell on
Tell on through the time
Tell on across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common