rat out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

rat out (third-person singular simple present rats out, present participle ratting out, simple past and past participle ratted out)

1. (slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).

   Don't you dare rat me out or I'll kill you!

Synonyms

• dob, finger

Translations

to inform authorities (about someone)

• Czech: prásknout (cs)
• Finnish: kieliä (fi), ilmiantaa (fi), vasikoida (fi)
• French: dénoncer (fr)
• Greek: καρφώνω (el) (karfóno)
• Italian: denunciare (it)
• Portuguese: dedurar (pt)
• Russian: стуча́ть (ru) (stučátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цинкати (cinkati), цинкарити (cinkariti), откуцати (otkucati)

  Roman: cinkati (sh), cinkariti (sh), otkucati (sh)

• Spanish: delatar (es), ratear (es) (Puerto Rico), ratiar (Puerto Rico)
• Swedish: gola på (sv), tjalla på (sv), ange (sv)

See also

• Thesaurus:rat out

Anagrams

• Tourat, atrout