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tell tales

verb tells tales · telling tales · told tales

  1. idiomatic To lie, to be making false claims. Don't listen to him; he's telling tales.
  2. UK To report someone for a wrongdoing.

noun

  1. plural plural of tell tale

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@misc{tell_tales_2026,
  title = {tell tales},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tell%20tales},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}