to tell the truth

idiom

used to say that one is stating what one really thinks
I didn't really like the movie, to tell the truth.

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Rather than respond with a film or documentary, DuVernay activated a collective of artists across multiple disciplines to tell the truth about the police abuse of Black people through storytelling and creativity. Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 June 2025 The conventional wisdom was that newspapers might not survive the digital age, but were persevering in their heroic quest to tell the truth. Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 Ellie, however, cannot abide Joel’s deception, and interrupts to tell the truth to Gail, who then slaps Joel and tells him to leave. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 19 May 2025 Both films cogently argue that ostensible democracies in the U.S. and elsewhere squash anyone who tries to tell the truth – anyone who insists that 2 + 2 = 4. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for to tell the truth

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“To tell the truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20tell%20the%20truth. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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