TELL ON (SOMEBODY)


Meaning of TELL ON (SOMEBODY) in English

tell on somebody phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ tell )

to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone you know has done – used especially by children:

Please don’t tell on me – my parents will kill me if they find out!

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.