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Meanings of tell the truth in English

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Usage of tell the truth in English
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It said: I'm getting ready to tell the truth about what's happening.
Reuters
2
The only way to fight this fear is to tell the truth.
The Irish Times
3
I had a choice: I could say nothing, or tell the truth.
The Guardian
4
She said that to tell the truth she'd been expecting the police.
Tainted blood
5
In the end he made a hard decision: to tell the truth.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
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And I wasn't exactly sure how that worked, to tell the truth.
The well and the mine
7
He told whoever his replacement will be to 'always tell the truth'.
The South African
8
Would it be best to answer the door and tell the truth?
The Wise Man’s Fear
9
It was better that they tell the truth in their own words.
The ice princess
10
We tell the truth and they don't like the truth, he said.
The Guardian
11
To tell the truth when it is too late to save anyone.
Cruel Beauty
12
Let me see if I can tell the truth of the matter.
Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
13
And for trying to do what you said and tell the truth.
The Pinhoe Egg
14
To tell the truth, I read it ten times, maybe a hundred!
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
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To tell the truth, I had a dismayingly wonderful sense of homecoming.
Club dead
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How can you tell the truth when no one would believe it?
The eyes of a king
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