told

[ tohld ]

/ toʊld /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of tell¹.

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Idioms about told

all told, counting everyone or everything; in all: There were 50 guests all told.

OTHER WORDS FROM told

well-told, adjective

Words nearby told

tolan, Toland, tolar, tolbooth, tolbutamide, told, tole, Toledo, tolerable, tolerance, tolerance zone

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How to use told in a sentence

“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
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I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for told

told

/ (təʊld) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of tell 1

adjective

See all told

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Other Idioms and Phrases with told

told

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

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