tell it like it is (English, verb)
expansion: tell it like it is (third-person singular simple present tells it like it is, present participle telling it like it is, simple past and past participle told it like it is)
Senses:
glosses: To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: tells it like it is
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling it like it is
tags: participle
present
form: told it like it is
tags: participle
past
form: told it like it is
tags: past