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Definition of "tell-all" []

  • Revealing intimate or scandalous details: a tell-all memoir. (adjective)
  • A publication, such as a biography or memoir, that reveals intimate or scandalous information. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tell-all" in a sentence
  • "Keep detailed notes blog? tweets? about all this so can sell rights for tell-all book to be optioned as Lifetime movie, should Will decided to go back to that skinny party piece."
  • "After a minute, he said, "You have to be careful with your tell-all book ...""
  • "Now, as the beleaguered WikiLeaks founder continues to fight rape charges from two different women, a soon-to-be-released tell-all book claims Assange has fathered at least four love children."
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