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told

American  
[tohld] / toʊld /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tell.

idioms

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

    There were 50 guests all told.
told British  
/ təʊld /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of tell 1

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adjective

  1. See all told

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told More Idioms  

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

Other Word Forms

  • well-told adjective

Example Sentences

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There were around 240 passengers in the aircraft when the container was sucked in, a source from Air India told the BBC.

From BBC

"Cambodia is in upheaval," one Chinese man told AFP.

From Barron's

"There could be a surprise increase," he told AFP.

From Barron's

"It was raining, we were all in the tent playing cards with the gang, then we heard shouting," camper Matthew Stanhope told The Age newspaper, saying he and his friends ran to a nearby hill.

From Barron's

Head of Lagos's urban renewal office Gbolahan Oki did not respond to AFP requests for comment but told journalists in December that residents had been warned.

From Barron's

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