Definition
the truth: the reality, the facts, the actuality
to tell you the truth...: to be honest..., to speak sincerely..., to be frank...
I'm glad you mentioned that, because to tell you the truth, I don't feel like going to that party either.
- "The truth is actually a long and relatively boring story that I will now tell you."
- "Horatio : I tell the truth, but I don't believe in your God."
- "I'm not sure, Betsy doesn't always tell the truth."
- "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a high-stress job, must be suffering negative health consequences."
- "It's the truth."
- "Horatio : I accuse him because it is the truth."
- "Luna : Oh fine, well not so fine, to tell you the truth."
- "Narrator : Finally, the moment of truth has arrived."
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