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informing on

informing on is the present participle and gerund of inform on.

Meaning of inform on

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

Questions about informing on

What is informing on the present participle and gerund of?
Informing on is the present participle and gerund of inform on.

Words near informing on in the dictionary

  1. informeth
  2. informetric
  3. informetrics
  4. informidable
  5. informing
  6. informing on
  7. informingly
  8. informisation
  9. informisations
  10. informities
  11. informity

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