going to tell

going to tell

Ready to inform an authority figure of one's bad behavior. Aw man, she's going to tell Mom what we did.See also: going, tell

going to tell

 and going to tattlea threat that one is going to report someone's misdeed to someone in authority. If you do that again, I'm going to tell! Sue just went to the teacher. She's going to tattle.See also: going, tell