tell apart


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to distinguish between; discern: can you tell the twins apart?

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How to use tell apart in a sentence

  • All three were well over six feet, and Hjalmar stood head and shoulders over his brothers, whom I never learned to tell apart.

    The Planet Savers | Marion Zimmer Bradley

Other Idioms and Phrases with tell apart

tell apart

Discern or distinguish, as in It's hard to tell the twins apart. [First half of 1900s]

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