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say more vs tell more

Both 'say more' and 'tell more' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Say more' is commonly used when you want someone to provide additional information or details, while 'tell more' is used when you want someone to continue a story or narrative.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 873 views

say more

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

You can use 'say more' when you want someone to provide additional information or details on a topic.

Examples:

I don't understand, can you say more about it?
Say more about your plans for the weekend.
Say more about your experience with the new software.

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Help your petition say more with a powerful image.
I could say more, but I think this is sufficient.
Wasn't until a month went by before he opened his mouth... to say more than two words to somebody.
He's dying to say more...
"Unbelievable!" Lene said, hardly managing to say more because of the emotion.
I could say more, but I will not.
What to say more, highly recommended.
We have experience of the situation there and we cannot say more.
Tom wanted to say more, but he couldn't.
He refused to say more about it.
I'm not at liberty to say more.
Let him think it over and maybe after a night in the cells he'll be prepared to say more.
And me not wanting to say more just means we'll get married that much faster.
Dear and venerable Excellence, I don't know how to say more.
You couldn't say more, not if you was my mother.
Mr President, I have no time to say more.
One other word, on the shift in the burden of proof, since I cannot say more about the substance.
I shall be able to say more about this in committee.
Sometimes we say more with our mouths closed.
I can not say more, but...

Alternatives:

Can you elaborate?
Can you provide more details?
Could you expand on that?
Could you give me more information?
Could you tell me more?

tell more

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

You can use 'tell more' when you want someone to continue a story or narrative.

Examples:

Please tell me more about your trip to Europe.
She started telling more about her childhood memories.
Tell me more about what happened next.

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One of you had a story to tell about this, and I am sure we could all tell more.
From here, the team hopes to further refine its analysis of the bear DNA, so it can tell more about the animal.
And volumes could not tell more exhaustively or with greater completeness the fact of the Brotherhood of man as of all life.
And if they protect themselves with effigies charms, so who as not they can tell more?
I'll tell more.
To tell more lies?
His looks tell more than any church-had sermon about the mortality of man.
You can tell more from their music.
I wish I could tell more people about it, strangers even.
I will tell more simply: as if there was no wife and children...
Believe me, there's no one I wanted to tell more.
Now, look, these honesty people tell more lies than the average bear.
Can you tell more about your database?
I'm guessing the lady and I can tell more unpleasant stories than your Lordship.
A Poli Staff training was arranged to tell more about the distinctive features of these two products, as well as about our fine line Cleopatra.
I just worry that if he tells me, he'll tell more people.
And in this historic place, part of an ancient spa, antiquities and curiosities tell more about the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
There's no one I wanted to tell more.
So I think nice boys tell more nice boys.
You want me to tell more?

Alternatives:

Continue the story.
Keep going.
Share more details.
Provide more information.
Give me more details.

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