tell me the truth

Meaning

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   Ask or urge someone to say what really happened or what they really think, instead of hiding, denying, or softening it.

   Just tell me the truth

In the movies · 29

• OK, but do you promise you'll tell me the truth?National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• Hildy, tell me. Tell me the truth.His Girl Friday1940
• 'But tell me the truth, did you do it?'National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• Tell me the truth.Shutter Island2010
• Tell me the truth.A History of Violence2005
• You can tell me the truth.August Rush2007
• Just tell me the truthThe Invisible Man2020
• Why didn't you tell me the truth?The Matrix Revolutions2003

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win

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