call a spade a spade

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Infinitive
to call a spade a spade

Third person singular
calls a spade a spade

Simple past
called a spade a spade

Past participle
called a spade a spade

Present participle
calling a spade a spade

to call a spade a spade (third-person singular simple present calls a spade a spade, present participle calling a spade a spade, simple past and past participle called a spade a spade)

  1. (idiomatic) to speak the truth; to say things as they really are
    Maybe God just calls a spade a spade, when the president talks to God. - Bright Eyes

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