told

[tohld]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of tell.

told

/ təʊld /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of tell 1

adjective

1. See all told

Other Word Forms

• well-told adjective

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. all told, counting everyone or everything; in all.

   There were 50 guests all told.

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

Example Sentences

You also write, “He might succumb…” Has she, in fact, crossed a line and told your father that she is lonely?

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All told, it made Minnesota the most expensive team in the entire NFL.

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“In Italy recently, I was in an interview, and there was a guy that told me, ‘Latin music is reggaeton.’

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Augustine told The Times she was offered different plea deals in the course of a few months, but decided to take her chances before a jury.

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“I don’t know how it got under there. It must be a contortionist,” he told The Times.

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