tell its own story

A form of tell its own tale — To speak for itself; to require no explanation.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of tell its own tale.

    No words can explain the way I'm missing you / Deny this emptiness, this hole that I'm inside / These tears, they tell their own story

    2013, Sam Smith, Lay Me Down
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tell its own story. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20its%20own%20story

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“tell its own story.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20its%20own%20story. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tell its own story,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20its%20own%20story.

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