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tell me
Idioms and Phrases
Also, tell me about it . I know, I agree with you, as in Since the layoffs I have been overloaded with work—Tell me! or We had a hard time finding the place.—Tell me about it! It took me all morning . Identical to a literal request to be told about something, this expression must be distinguished from it by the context and the speaker's tone. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
Two different sources who have been part of the wider discussions tell me the prime minister has come to believe that taking British Steel back into public hands is what the government will have to do.
They tell me their characters’ shared secret was that they met at a lake where one of them was birdwatching.
“First of all, they didn’t tell me about it. OK, they don’t have to. Second of all, I knew about it 12 seconds after they made their first call,” Soboroff recalled.
Can you tell me about the process of pacing his journey?
Can you tell me everything about medical boot camp?
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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