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Phrase(s): tell something from something else Go to tell someone from someone else.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): tell someone from someone else [and] tell something from something else to distinguish one from another. • I can’t tell Chuck from Roger. They look so much alike. • I can’t tell orange from yellow.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): tell something from something to know something because of something, such as evidence, signs, experience, etc. • I can tell that she’s lying from the way she holds her eyebrows. • I can’t tell anything from what you told me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs