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rats on

rats on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rat on.

Meaning of rat on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To tattle, squeal about (someone)
    • Who you protecting, you dumb asshole? A stoolie who rats on his own friends?1984 May 23, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America, spoken by Beefy (Frank Gio), Regency Enterprises & The...
    Synonyms:
    tell on

Questions about rats on

What is rats on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rats on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rat on.

Words near rats on in the dictionary

  1. ratpox
  2. ratproof
  3. rats
  4. rats in a granary
  5. rats in granaries
  6. rats on
  7. rats out
  8. rats through
  9. rats with wings
  10. ratsbane
  11. ratsbanes

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