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Idioms and Phrases

A phrase used to express surprise about something, as in Jane's getting married again? Do tell . This expression does not necessarily ask the speaker to provide more details but merely expresses one's astonishment. [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800] For a synonym, see you don't say .
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“Top priority was to make this a place that was very inclusive to more comedians and a safe space for anyone to come in. I do tell everyone that I won’t tell them how to run their show unless I see a lineup that’s six comedians and five are men. Then I might hop in and ask, ‘Hey, what happened here?

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We were just doing what we were hired to do: Tell stories not about ice skates or about baseball bats but about human beings.”

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In one of his final addresses, he tells his wife: “Lots of love to our dear children. Do tell them how much Daddy misses them and will come back as soon as he has finished his work”.

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“Refusing to endorse for president at a moment when democracy is imperiled is a betrayal of what our editorial pages do: tell the truth, say what we believe and why,” Abcarian said.

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“I can’t believe anyone wants to tell me what to do—tell young women what to do—with their bodies,” she said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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