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inform on

inform on verb: to tell on someone; to act as an informant against.

Verb

inform on (third-person singular simple present informs on, present participle informing on, simple past and past participle informed on)

  1. To tell on someone; to act as an informant against.
    • In 1983, one of his friends informed on him for reading a forbidden book, and he lost his teaching job.2013 May 24, Emily Parker, “Bulgakov's Ghost”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 May 2022
    Synonyms:
    finger, grass up, snitch

Synonyms of inform on

Forms of inform on

third-person singular presentinforms on
present participleinforming on
past participleinformed on
pastinformed on

Questions about inform on

What does inform on mean?
Inform on means to tell on someone; to act as an informant against.
What part of speech is inform on?
Inform on is a verb.
What is the past tense of inform on?
The past tense of inform on is informed on.

Words near inform on in the dictionary

  1. inforceth
  2. inforcing
  3. inforg
  4. inforgs
  5. inform
  6. inform on
  7. inform'd
  8. informal
  9. informal fallacies
  10. informal fallacy
  11. informal group

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