tell%20on
verb
- 1
(usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
“My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.”
- 2
To cause visible strain to.
“Years of drinking started to tell on his body.”
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