Con and Tell

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Con

Con verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery
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Tell is an antonym for con.
Nearby Word: cony

Tell

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
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Synonyms for Tell
Antonyms for Tell
Con is an antonym for tell.
Nearby Words: telling, teller
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Common collocations

person con person tell person
friend con friend tell friend
character con character tell character
people con people tell people
Other words: family, someone, parents, way, mother, anyone, mom, sister, kids, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Glomp Travis Willingham has been known to tell a story where someone tried to glomp him at his first con and he, not understanding what was about to happen, put his shoulder out like a football player trying to get through a tackle (the man is built like a linebacker, to boot).
    Source: The Glomp
  • Bad Guys Play Pool In the Frasier episode "You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover", Frasier and Niles are horrified that Daphne is dating an ex-con, and has gone to a pool hall called the Topaz Room, about which the barista at Cafe Nervosa says "I thought the cops shut that place down after the last shooting".
    Source: Bad Guys Play Pool
  • One could tell by this bit at SDCC where he took to the Q&A mic in a fan-made Spider-Man costume, gushing about how excited he was to be at his first Comic-Con and how inspirational Spider-Man was to him growing up.
    Source: One Of Us / Film Nerds
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