Usually means: Speak frankly, without euphemisms.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. call a spade a spade: Merriam-Webster
  2. call a spade a spade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. call a spade a spade: Collins English Dictionary
  4. call a spade a spade: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. call a spade a spade: Wiktionary
  6. call a spade a spade: Dictionary.com
  7. Call a spade a spade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Call A Spade A Spade, Call A Spade A Spade: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  9. call a spade a spade: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Call a spade a spade: Phrase Finder
  11. call a spade a spade: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. call a spade a spade: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. call a spade a spade: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (call a spade a spade)

verb:  (idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.

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