: a written account (such as a biography) that contains revealing and often scandalous information
tell-all
adjective
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Trump's first-term Justice Department sued Wolkoff over the tell-all memoir, but the lawsuit was dropped in 2021.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
At the top of this year’s list is the erotic thriller Best Seller from writer Matisse Haddad about a struggling writer, married to a famous novelist husband, who writes a viral tell-all that ignites a battle between the two.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
Including, perhaps, his own tell-all memoir?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Dec. 2025
Not long after the interview, the star athlete made a tell-all TikTok about her boob job.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
At the top of this year’s list is the erotic thriller Best Seller from writer Matisse Haddad about a struggling writer, married to a famous novelist husband, who writes a viral tell-all that ignites a battle between the two.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
Including, perhaps, his own tell-all memoir?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Dec. 2025
Not long after the interview, the star athlete made a tell-all TikTok about her boob job.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Tell-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tell-all. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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