tell tales (English, verb)
expansion: tell tales (third-person singular simple present tells tales, present participle telling tales, simple past and past participle told tales)
Senses:
glosses: To lie, to be making false claims.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To report someone for a wrongdoing.
tags: UK
Forms:
form: tells tales
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling tales
tags: participle
present
form: told tales
tags: participle
past
form: told tales
tags: past