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ratted out

ratted out is the simple past and past participle of rat out.

Meaning of rat out

Verb

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

  1. (derogatory, slang, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).
    • Don't you dare rat me out or I'll kill you!

Questions about ratted out

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

Words near ratted out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ratted out (page history and authors); rat out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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