told
[ tohld ]
/ toʊld /
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tell1.
Words nearby told
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Idioms for told
all told, counting everyone or everything; in all: There were 50 guests all told.
OTHER WORDS FROM told
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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)
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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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