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told

[ tohld ]
/ toʊld /
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verb

simple past tense and past participle of tell1.

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Nearby words

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Idioms

    all told, counting everyone or everything; in all: There were 50 guests all told.
Related formswell-told, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for all told (1 of 2)

all told

adverb

(sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in allwe were seven all told

British Dictionary definitions for all told (2 of 2)

told

/ (təʊld) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of tell 1

adjective

See all told
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for all told

told

past tense of tell, from Old English talde, past tense of tellan (see tell (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with all told (1 of 2)

all told

Added up, in summation, as in The ferry will hold 80 passengers all told, or All told, his proposal makes some good points. This idiom, first recorded in 1850, uses the verb tell in the sense of “count.”

Idioms and Phrases with all told (2 of 2)

told

see all told; I told you so; little bird told me. also see under tell.

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