tell against (English, verb)
expansion: tell against (third-person singular simple present tells against, present participle telling against, simple past and past participle told against)
Senses:
glosses: To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To serve as evidence which casts doubt upon.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: tells against
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling against
tags: participle
present
form: told against
tags: participle
past
form: told against
tags: past