told
[tohld]
/toʊld/
verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of
tell
.
Idioms
2.
all told,
counting everyone or everything; in all:
There were 50 guests all told.
Related forms
well-told,
adjective
British Dictionary definitions for
all told
all told
adverb
1.
(
sentence modifier
) taking every one into account; in all:
we were seven all told
told
/
təʊld
/
verb
1.
the past tense and past participle of
tell
1
adjective
2.
See
all told
Word Origin and History for
all told
told
past tense of
tell
, from Old English
talde
, past tense of
tellan
(see
tell
(v.)).
Slang definitions & phrases for
all told
told
Related Terms
fucking well told
Idioms and Phrases with
all told
all told
Added up, in summation, as in
The ferry will hold 80 passengers all told
, or
All told, his proposal makes some good points
. This idiom, first recorded in 1850, uses the verb
tell
in the sense of “count.”
told
see:
all told
I told you so
little bird told me
also see under
tell