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单词 rat on someone
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to betray (someone)
They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.
Synonyms
betray
He might be seen as having betrayed his mother.
denounce
Informers might at any moment denounce them to the authorities.
tell on
inform on
shop (slang, mainly British)
Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
grass (British, slang)
The other inmates accused him of grassing.
I'd never grass on a mate.
peach (slang)
squeal (slang)
There was no question of squealing to the police.
incriminate (informal)
blow the whistle on (informal)
spill the beans (informal)
He was ready to spill the beans about the whole affair.
snitch (slang)
blab
Don't blab about your plans until you are ready to make an announcement.
let the cat out of the bag
blow the gaff (British, slang)
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
put the finger on (informal)
spill your guts (slang)
inculpate
clype (Scottish)
dob in (Australian, slang)
(phrasal verb) 
Synonyms
abandon
She claimed that her friends had abandoned her.
betray
desert
He deserted our team years ago.
defect
She insisted that customers who had defected to cheaper coffee shops would return eventually.
run out on (informal)
leave high and dry
leave (someone) in the lurch
do the dirty on (British, informal)
sell down the river (informal)
See rat

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blab
Definition
to divulge (secrets) indiscreetly
Don't blab about your plans until you are ready to make an announcement.
Synonyms
tell all,
tell,
gossip,
spill the beans (informal),
sing (slang, US),
tattle,
open your mouth,
let the cat out of the bag,
blow the gaff (British, slang),
spill your guts (slang)
in the sense of defect
Definition
to desert one's country or cause to join the opposing forces
She insisted that customers who had defected to cheaper coffee shops would return eventually.
Synonyms
desert,
rebel,
quit,
revolt,
change sides,
apostatize,
tergiversate
in the sense of denounce
Definition
to give information against
Informers might at any moment denounce them to the authorities.
Synonyms
report,
expose,
betray,
accuse,
implicate,
inform on,
inculpate,
arraign,
point a or the finger at,
denunciate,
dob in (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
rat on someone

  • rasp
  • rasping
  • rat
  • rat on someone
  • rat on something
  • rate
  • rather

Synonyms of 'rat on someone'

rat on someone

Additional synonyms

in the sense of desert
Definition
to abandon (a person or place) without intending to return
He deserted our team years ago.
Synonyms
leave,
abandon,
dump (informal),
strand,
ditch (informal),
betray,
maroon,
walk out on (informal),
forsake,
jilt,
run out on (informal),
throw over,
leave stranded,
leave high and dry,
leave (someone) in the lurch
in the sense of grass
Definition
to inform on (someone) to the police or some other authority
The other inmates accused him of grassing.I'd never grass on a mate.
Synonyms
inform on,
shop (slang, British),
betray,
denounce,
snitch (slang),
sing (slang, US),
give away,
rat on (informal),
sell (someone) down the river (informal),
dob in (Australian, slang)
in the sense of shop
Definition
to inform on (someone), esp. to the police
Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
Synonyms
betray,
grass on (British, slang),
inform on or against,
sell out (informal),
double-cross (informal),
stab in the back,
sell down the river (informal),
grass up (slang),
put the finger on (informal),
dob in (Australian, slang)
in the sense of spill the beans
Definition
to give away a secret
He was ready to spill the beans about the whole affair.
Synonyms
blab,
inform,
squeal (slang),
tell all,
shop (slang, British),
sing (slang, US),
split (slang),
grass (British, slang),
give the game away,
tattle,
let the cat out of the bag,
blow the gaff (British, slang),
talk out of turn,
spill your guts (slang),
betray a secret
in the sense of squeal
Definition
to inform on someone to the police
There was no question of squealing to the police.
Synonyms
inform on,
grass (British, slang),
betray,
shop (slang, British),
sing (slang, US),
peach (slang),
tell all,
spill the beans (informal),
snitch (slang),
blab,
rat on (informal),
sell (someone) down the river (informal),
blow the gaff (British, slang),
spill your guts (slang),
dob in (Australian, slang)
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