Usually means: Convey information accurately and honestly.
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  1. tell the truth: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. tell the truth: Wiktionary
  3. tell the truth: Dictionary.com
  4. Tell the Truth (Belarus), Tell the Truth (Billy Squier album), Tell the Truth (British game show), Tell the Truth (Otis Redding album), Tell the Truth (UK game show), Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth (song), Tell the Truth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tell the truth)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tell, truth.

Similar:
tell all, talk to, truth, tell, use to, see things, take it, turn to, look to, be there, more...

Opposite:
lie, deceive, fib, fabricate, mislead

Types:
be honest, be truthful, speak truth, tell truth, be sincere, be candid, be forthright, be frank, be open, more...

Phrases:
to tell the truth, to tell (you) the truth, Tell Us the Truth, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, more...

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Similar:
tell all, talk to, truth, tell, use to, see things, take it, turn to, look to, be there, more...

Opposite:
lie, deceive, fib, fabricate, mislead

Types:
be honest, be truthful, speak truth, tell truth, be sincere, be candid, be forthright, be frank, be open, more...

Phrases:
to tell the truth, to tell (you) the truth, Tell Us the Truth, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, more...



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