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show and tell
noun
- an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- Facetious. any informative presentation or demonstration, as to introduce a new product or divulge and explain a special plan.
Other Words From
- show-and-tell adjective
- show-and-teller noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of show and tell1
Idioms and Phrases
A public presentation or display, as in It was a terrible bore, what with their show and tell of every last detail about their trip around the world . This expression originated in the 1940s to describe a learning exercise for young children, in which each child in a group brings some object to show the others and talks about it.Example Sentences
“From a tactical level, the psyop mission is extremely hard to show and tell,” said Lt.
For years, the volume — a 19th-century French treatise on the human soul — was brought out for show and tell, and sometimes, according to library lore, used to haze new employees.
But Biden’s recovery ultimately requires show and tell.
But I will not allow people to come on my show and tell blatant lies if I am in that position.
But I will not allow people to come on my show and tell blatant lies.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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