tell against
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tell against — ˌtell a ˈgainst [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tell against he/she/it tells against present participle telling against past tense told against … Useful english dictionary
tell against — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tell against : present tense I/you/we/they tell against he/she/it tells against present participle telling against past tense told against past participle told against British tell against someone if a quality … English dictionary
tell against — PHRASAL VERB If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job. [V P n] His record of misjudgments tells against him … English dictionary
tell against — testify against, take the witness stand against … English contemporary dictionary
tell against somebody — ˌtell aˈgainst sb derived (BrE, formal) to be a disadvantage to sb • Her lack of experience told against her. Main entry: ↑tellderived … Useful english dictionary
tell — W1S1 [tel] v past tense and past participle told [təuld US tould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(communicate something)¦ 2¦(show something)¦ 3¦(what somebody should do)¦ 4¦(know)¦ 5¦(recognize difference)¦ 6 tell yourself something 7¦(warn)¦ 8¦(tell somebody about… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tell — /tel/ verb past tense and past participle told /tUld/ 1 SAY/INFORMATION (T) to give someone facts or information about something: tell sb (that): She wrote to tell me she couldn t come. | Don t tell me you ve forgotten my birthday again. | Police … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tell */*/*/ — UK [tel] / US verb Word forms tell : present tense I/you/we/they tell he/she/it tells present participle telling past tense told UK [təʊld] / US [toʊld] past participle told Get it right: tell: Unlike the verb say, the verb tell is usually used… … English dictionary
tell — [[t]te̱l[/t]] ♦ tells, telling, told 1) VERB If you tell someone something, you give them information. [V n that] In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over... [V n wh] I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff … English dictionary
Tell — Tell, v. i. 1. To give an account; to make report. [1913 Webster] That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. [1913 Webster] 2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Against Apion — (lat. Contra Apionem or In Apionem) was a polemical work written by Flavius Josephus as a defense of Judaism as a classical religion and philosophy, stressing its antiquity against what he perceived as more recent traditions of the Greeks. Text… … Wikipedia
