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ratted on

ratted on is the simple past and past participle 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 ratted on

What is ratted on the simple past and past participle of?
Ratted on is the simple past and past participle of rat on.

Words near ratted on in the dictionary

  1. rattanwares
  2. rattany
  3. Rattay
  4. ratte
  5. ratted
  6. ratted on
  7. ratted out
  8. ratted through
  9. rattee
  10. ratteen
  11. ratteens

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