told
simple past tense and past participle of tell1.
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
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How to use told in a sentence
“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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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 PorterWithout 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 PorterAnother crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneBut 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 SwiftIn 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
/ (təʊld) /
the past tense and past participle of tell 1
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
Other Idioms and Phrases with told
see all told; I told you so; little bird told me. also see under tell.
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