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told

[ tohld ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tell 1.


told

/ əʊ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of tell 1
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“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ɱ-ٴDZ adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. all told, counting everyone or everything; in all:

    There were 50 guests all told.

More idioms and phrases containing told

see all told ; I told you so ; little bird told me . also see under tell .
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Example Sentences

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He told reporters he wasn’t talking after the game but would “double up” on his media obligations Saturday night.

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"I was probably taking about 50 valium a day," she told BBC Scotland's Disclosure programme.

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Last year, amid speculation to the contrary, he told The Times that he would “absolutely” run for reelection.

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"But I ate it because I was always told to eat what was in front of me, so you just got on and ate it."

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In January, as he defied attempts to arrest him, the president told supporters that he was watching their rallies on YouTube livestream.

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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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