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tell it like it is



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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]
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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 “just gonna copy and paste Trump’s site, she doesn’t need another week or two to debut it.”

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“I tell it like it is. I don’t 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,” he said.

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“In today’s music environment, we need more people like that, who tell it like it is.”

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On Thursday, the candidate appears at a “Tell It Like It Is Town Hall” in the town of Epping at the Holy Grail Restaurant and Pub.

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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 “who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.”

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