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I tell a lie
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1.
UK
Ireland
US
Australia
informal
colloquial
spoken
A conversational device used to retract or correct a previous statement; equivalent to 'no, that is not correct' or 'actually'.
2.
UK
Ireland
US
informal
idiomatic
archaic (as an oath)
An emphatic interjection used to assert the truthfulness of a statement or as a mild oath, equivalent to 'I swear I am not lying' or 'honestly'.
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