tell time
Keep track of the hours; also, know how to read a clock or watch. For example, This old clock still tells time quite accurately, or He taught his niece to tell time by using a cuckoo clock. This expression uses tell in the sense of “reckon” or “calculate,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.
Words nearby tell time
tell me,
tell off,
tell on,
tell someone where to get off,
tell tales,
tell time,
tell, william,
tell-all,
tellable,
teller,
teller, edward