to level
- verb
- /ˈlɛvəl/
- Informal
- The manager decided to level with the employees about the company's financial situation.
Like can I like kind of break this and just level with me?
- Like can I like kind of break this and just level with me?
Examples
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Listen, I have to level with you.
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Can I level with you?
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One reason when you would like to meet at this office, I promise to always level with you, to tell you the truth.
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Look, can I level with you?
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Can we level with each other for a moment?
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It's time I level with you.
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Uh, I'll level with you, Chief.
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Look, I'm gonna level with you.
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Why don't you level with me?
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Hal, I’m gonna level with you.
Synonyms
Say what really happened without hiding facts or lying
To show you are telling the truth or how you really feel
To say something that is true even if it is surprising
Tell someone the truth about something difficult
Talk honestly without hiding facts or feelings
To be honest and direct with someone
Speak very directly without trying to be polite
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
The least money a person or family needs to buy basic things like food and a home
- UK
An advanced school exam taken after two years of study, usually at age 18 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
- Specialized
The smallest level of study that looks at individuals or small groups, not whole systems
- Specialized
A type of computer language that is easy for people to read and write
- Specialized
A price where a falling stock often stops because people start to buy it
- Specialized
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
- Specialized
Highly radioactive material left after nuclear fuel is used that needs safe storage for a long time
- Specialized
A level of safety rules and equipment in labs to prevent exposure to dangerous germs
A long straight tool with a small bubble that shows if a surface is flat or upright
A calm and sensible way of thinking in difficult or stressful situations
- Specialized
The measured strength of sound, light, or other waves shown in decibels
- Specialized
The amount of random unwanted change in a signal or data that reduces accuracy
- UK
A tool with a closed tube and a bubble to check if surfaces like a shelf are flat or upright
A brain scan that shows brain activity by measuring changes in blood oxygen
- Specialized
Basic safety steps in laboratories for agents that do not usually cause disease in people
- Specialized
A set of lab rules and steps for working with germs that can cause disease but do not spread easily
- Specialized
A set of safety rules for labs that work with germs spread through the air and causing serious disease
- Specialized
The highest safety level for labs that handle very dangerous germs that cause deadly disease and have no vaccine
A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains
- Specialized
A process that prepares a hard drive so the computer can store data
- Specialized
A long tool with a bubble that masons use to check that walls and floors are flat
- Specialized
A process that prepares a disk so a computer's operating system can use it
- Specialized
A tool with a hanging string and a bubble level to check vertical or horizontal lines
- Specialized
A small telescope with a bubble level on a rotating mount that measures land height differences
How Frank
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Level comes from the idea of being on the same plane or equal (from Latin libra 'scales'), so to level with someone means to put things straight and be honest with them. That's why 'level with me' means 'tell me the truth'.