pt. & pp. of tell
told Idioms
all told
all (being) counted; in all: there were forty attendees all told
verb
Told is defined as to have communicated.
An example of told is to have given someone the details for a party.
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verb
Past tense and past participle of tell1
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Verb
- Simple past tense and past participle of tell.
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Sentence Examples
- I told you not to give my number to anyone.
- I've told myself that a hundred times.
- Has Alex told you about the party?
- They told him about the wonderful things they had seen there.
- Mom told me that Dad forgave her for her affair with Señor Medena.
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