tell all
Revealing memoir type
Tell all functions as both verb phrase and noun.
To tell all is to reveal everything, especially secrets or private information one has kept hidden: Under pressure, he finally told all.
A tell-all is a book or interview that exposes insider details about famous people or institutions, often by someone who was close to them: Her tell-all about Hollywood created a scandal.
The noun typically carries implications of betrayal or sensationalism.
- blurt outUtter suddenly, impulsively
- spill the beansReveal confidential information
- spillAccidental liquid release
- revealMake something visible
- truthAccordance with reality
disclose · confession · true confessions · inform · fess up · secret · talk · off the record · voice · whistleblow · blow the lid off · let the cat out of the bag · memoir · own up · expose · come clean · autobiography · open book
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- The Bachelorrose ceremony, final rose, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise
tell allkeep one's counsel
Refrain from sharing views
equivocate · mince words · mince · hold one's tongue · hedge
all, tell, telling, teller, tells, retell, untold, foretell, retold