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tell on

• inform someone of the misdemeanours of someone else.
• "friends don't tell on each other"
Similar: inform on/against, tell tales on, give away, denounce, sell out, stab someone in the back, blow the whistle on, rat on, peach on, squeal on, squeak on, sell down the river, grass on, sneak on, shop, stitch up, do the dirty on, split on, rat out, drop a/the dime on, finger, dob on, pimp on, pool, shelf, put someone's pot on, delate,
• (of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone.
• "the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him"
Similar: take its toll on, leave its mark on, have an adverse effect on, affect,


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