tell-all

/tel"awl'/, adj.

thoroughly revealing; candid; personal: a tell-all biography of the movie star.

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tell-all «TEHL _L», adjective.

U.S. revealing everything, including damaging or confidential information: »

a tell-all memoir.

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1.

adj. revealing private or salacious details

a tell-all article in the tabloids

2.

n. a biography or memoir that reveals intimate details about its subject

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/ˈtɛlˈɑːl/ noun, pl -alls [count]

: a book that contains new and usually shocking information about someone or something

— often used before another noun

a tell-all biography

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ˌtell-ˈall 8 [tell-all] adjective only before noun

(of a book, an interview in a newspaper or magazine, etc.) in which sb, usually sb famous, admits sth that may shock people

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a tell-all book/memoir/autobiography