tell on (English, verb)
expansion: tell on (third-person singular simple present tells on, present participle telling on, simple past and past participle told on)
Senses:
glosses: To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
tags: childish
usually
glosses: To cause visible strain to.
Forms:
form: tells on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling on
tags: participle
present
form: told on
tags: participle
past
form: told on
tags: past