rat onsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithratverbslangdisapprovinguk/ræt/us/ræt/
to not beloyalto someone,especiallyby giving awaysecretinformationabout them, or tofailto do something that you said you would do:
He ratted on us.
They ratted on thedeal.
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
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- shed
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload