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dob on

dob on verb: synonym of dob in (“to betray (someone) by informing on them”).

Verb

dob on (third-person singular simple present dobs on, present participle dobbing on, simple past and past participle dobbed on)

  1. (slang, transitive) Synonym of dob in (“to betray (someone) by informing on them”).
    • I’ll dob on you if you break in.
    Synonyms:
    dob in

Synonyms of dob on

Forms of dob on

third-person singular presentdobs on
present participledobbing on
past participledobbed on
pastdobbed on

Questions about dob on

What does dob on mean?
Dob on means synonym of dob in (“to betray (someone) by informing on them”).
What part of speech is dob on?
Dob on is a verb.
What is the past tense of dob on?
The past tense of dob on is dobbed on.

Words near dob on in the dictionary

  1. doatings
  2. doatish
  3. doats
  4. dob
  5. dob in
  6. dob on
  7. dobash
  8. dobashes
  9. Dobb
  10. Dobb Brow
  11. dobbed

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