Leak
Tell
Tell verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: I won't tell your secret to anyone
Leak is a synonym for tell in communicate topic. Sometimes you can use "Leak" instead a verb "Tell".
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Both words in one sentence
- When videos leak out of this abuse, the CEO arranges a press conference, supposedly to explain her actions, but instead to tell off everyone before shooting herself in the head on live television.
Source: Thanatos Gambit -
Sam: Maybe we could tell 'em there's a gas leak.
Source: Gas Leak Cover-Up -
She leans down with a big smile, sticks a gun in his face and suggests he go tell the drug house he's guarding that he needs to take a leak.
Source: Show Some Leg
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