tell time

[XxosmanxX]

What does the phrase 'tell time' mean?

 

[Cagey]

In general, 'tell time' means to read the time on the clock.
Please tell us the whole sentence where you have seen this phrase, so we can be certain that the explanation fits that context.

 

[XxosmanxX]

In general, 'tell time' means to read the time on the clock.
Please tell us the whole sentence where you have seen this phrase, so we can be certain that the explanation fits that context.

sir iv lost it now. <——-Off-topic questions removed by moderator (Florentia52)——->

 

[Le Gallois bilingue]

I suspect your phrase should be “tell the time”.

 

[Ponyprof]

Realize this phrase refers to telling the time off a clock face, which was a skill chikdren used to have to master. It isn't such a big deal using digital clocks.

 

[Florentia52]

Without an example sentence and context, we can only guess at the correct answer, which we don’t do in this forum. I have accordingly closed the thread.

Florentia52, moderator