tell apart

tell apart
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "tell apart":
present tense I/you/we/they tell apart he/she/it tells apart present participle telling apart past tense told apart past participle told apart
tell someone/something apart to recognize the difference between two people or things that are very similar

The two women are so similar that only their husbands can tell them apart.


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