"tell it like it is" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-tell it like it is.ogg Forms: tells it like it is [present, singular, third-person], telling it like it is [participle, present], told it like it is [participle, past], told it like it is [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tell<,,told> it like it is}} 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)
  1. (idiomatic) To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to speak the truth): si det som det er (Norwegian)

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