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tell it like it is
Idioms and Phrases
Speak the truth, no matter how unpleasant. For example, We're obligated to tell it like it is to the stockholders . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
The right-wing pundit Mary Katherine Ham, whose determination to tell it like it is was hampered by her lack of knowledge, tweeted that if Harris is âjust gonna copy and paste Trumpâs site, she doesnât need another week or two to debut it.â
âI tell it like it is. I donât want to be too mystical or conservative, but I think I speak on behalf of the precepts and many monks in the Jogye Order, not just myself,â he said.
âIn todayâs music environment, we need more people like that, who tell it like it is.â
On Thursday, the candidate appears at a âTell It Like It Is Town Hallâ in the town of Epping at the Holy Grail Restaurant and Pub.
A court document filed when Anderson was arrested included a screenshot of texts from Dec. 6 threatening a mass shooting in response to an invitation to see a candidate âwho isnât afraid to tell it like it is.â
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Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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