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                           Phrase(s): tell someone or something by something  to identify someone or something by something.  •  You can tell Jim by the old-fashioned shoes he wears.  •  I can tell the new season’s fashions by how short the skirts are.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs