tell the whole world
idiom
: to make something public
It's a private matter. I wish you wouldn't tell the whole world about it!
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To tell the whole world with one collective voice that NOW is the time for all the remaining hostages – those who have survived 503 days of abuse, starvation and torture and those who were murdered in captivity or killed and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7 – to come home.
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Samantha Joseph, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Are you obligated to tell the whole world about this incongruity right away?
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Having to tell the whole world about it is another matter.
—Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 2 Oct. 2020
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Samantha Joseph, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Are you obligated to tell the whole world about this incongruity right away?
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Having to tell the whole world about it is another matter.
—Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 2 Oct. 2020
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“Tell the whole world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tell%20the%20whole%20world. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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