| 单词 | to blow the gab or gaff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow the gab or gaff a. transitive. To expose, betray, inform upon. (Formerly sometimes blow up.) Now slang. Cf. 30. Also to blow the gab or gaff (see gab n.3 Phrases 2, gaff n.2 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets tell1537 blaba1616 to let the cat out of the bag1760 to blow the gab or gaff1834 to shoot off one's mouth1864 to give the show away1879 unload1904 to spill the beans1919 to shoot the works1922 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Civ Was all well agreed, did no body blow ye. 1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend iv. ii So! she's here!..Now we are blown up! 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xliv. 275 Thou deservest to be blown up, and to have thy Plot spoiled. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 1035/1 So near was the great secret being blown. 1801 M. Edgeworth Good Aunt in Moral Tales IV. 98 He was afraid, that the mulatto woman should recollect either his face or voice, and should blow him. 1821 J. G. Lockhart Valerius I. xi. 202 The time is not yet come to blow his private doings. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. v. 68 I wasn't going to blow the gaff [= let out the secret]. 1925 E. Wallace Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder v. 165 This officer ‘blew’ the raid to Tommy. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana ii. 99 We can't risk blowing him now. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana iii. i. 111 They're anxious you should take no risk of being blown. It doesn't matter so much if I'm blown. 1961 ‘B. Wells’ Day Earth caught Fire vii. 114 You can't go on blaming him for blowing the story you gave him. < as lemmas |
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