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to rat out
[phrase form: rat]
01
to inform an authority about the wrongdoings or crimes of others
Dialect
American
American
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Present tense
rat out
3rd person singular
rats out
Past simple
ratted out
Past participle
ratted out
Examples
He ratted out a pair of colleagues so he could stay out of jail.
