English Explanatory Dictionary

dime out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To report to the authorities; to snitch on or betray to an enemy.

Word forms

dime out dimes out diming out dimed out

Etymology

See dime (“inform on”, verb).

Synonyms

dime drop a dime drop a dime on someone bewray blow the whistle clepe denounce dime out dob finger fink fizgig inform inform on grass on grass up lolly up name names nark peach rat on rat out roll on sing snitch snitch up squeak squeal tattle tell tell all tell on tell tales tip off turn in
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