What does survive to tell the tale mean?

survive to tell the tale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: sur-vive -to tel-l the -tale
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verb

Synonym of live to tell the tale.

Example Sentences

"Chepstow is good for excursions, and Bradshaw tells me I can get a fly to Tintern Abbey, although the fare structure seems particularly complicated. Alternatively, I could go for a simpler choice and just opt for "single horse, 1s", although I doubt I'd survive to tell the tale."

Inflected Forms

survives to tell the tale (present, singular) surviving to tell the tale (participle, present) survived to tell the tale (participle, past) survived to tell the tale (past)

Synonyms

live to tell the tale

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