tell the time

Meaning

1. to read the time from a clock, etc.

   She's only five — she hasn't learnt to tell the time yet.

In the movies · 3

• - Figure it to tell time rightly? - Mm-hm.The Stranger1946
• - Dual time zone. Tells the time in two places. - What's— What for?The Edge1997
• Tell of the time that Thor,Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• I won't be able to tell what time it is. Please.The Father2020
• Yes, can the boy tell time?The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• being counselors Did I ever tell you the time me and Davey Reynolds...Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare2010
• Tell him McClusky Tell him what time it isTropic Thunder2008
• Let's see how they tell time now.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013

From the same entry

• all told
• don't tell me
• I tell you what
• I tell you
• I told you
• live, to tell the tale
• tell a different story
• tell its own tale
• tell me
• tell me about it
• tell me another
• tell tales