Tell on meaning
Tell on is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to give an authority information about another person's bad behaviour.
- Past simple
- told on
- Past participle
- told on
- -ing form
- telling on
What tell on means
report misconductB2informal
To give an authority information about another person's bad behaviour
The child told on his brother.
1 more meaning of tell on is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With tell: tell against, tell apart, tell off.
With on: turn on, put on, try on, go on, get on, hold on, carry on, hang on, keep on doing, keep on.
Common questions
What does tell on mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to give an authority information about another person's bad behaviour. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of tell on?
Told on, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
