tell onsomeone
phrasal verbwithtellverbuk/tel/us/tel/told|told
(INFORM)
informal
to giveinformationabout someone, usually somethingbadthat they have said or done,especiallyto apersoninauthority
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- leakage
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
(AFFECT BADLY)
mostlyUK
to have abadeffecton someone'shealthorbehaviour:
Asuccessionof latenightshadbeguntotellon him and hisworkwassuffering.
to have power to cause a change in someone or something
- affectLow-income women were disproportionately affected by the legislation.
- influenceThe jury could have been influenced by all the media coverage surrounding the case.
- be/fall under someone's influence/spellThe young queen seemed to fall under the spell of her counsellor, believing everything he told her.
- be under someone's spellWe warned her about him, but all he had to do was turn on the charm and she was under his spell.
- guideHe is guided by the core beliefs of his religion.
- impactSevere storms will impact on travel across the region tonight.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck