dobsomeonein
phrasal verbwithdobverbuk/dɒb/us/dɑːb/-bb-
UKinformaltosecretlytellsomeone inauthoritythat someoneelsehas done somethingwrong:
Who was it who dobbed mein(totheteacher)?
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- leakage
- Queen's evidence
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- shed
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload