Do over
Tell
Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Both terms in one sentence
- He didn't tell Rick his parents were dead until Rick mentioned what he was going to do over summer.
Source: Jerkass / Live-Action TV - Final Fantasy XIII catches considerable flak for its message of independence being constantly subverted, as your characters repeatedly do exactly what the bad guys tell them to do over and over again right up until the ending.
Source: Broken Aesop / Video Games
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