| 单词 | turn someone in |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to hand (a suspect or criminal) over to the police There would be strong incentives to turn someone in to the police. Synonyms hand someone over denounce Informers might at any moment denounce them to the authorities. inform on blow the whistle on (informal) shop (British, informal) Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours. finger (US, informal) They fingered him to the police. betray He might be seen as having betrayed his mother. sell out split on (informal) grass on (British, informal) rat on (informal) peach on (informal) squeal on (informal) dob in (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsin the sense of betray Definition to hand over or expose (one's nation, friend, etc.) treacherously to an enemy He might be seen as having betrayed his mother. Synonyms be disloyal to, break with, grass on (British, slang), dob in (Australian, slang), double-cross (informal), stab in the back, be unfaithful to, sell down the river (informal), grass up (slang), shop (slang, British), put the finger on (informal), inform on or against, sell out (informal), be treacherous to in the sense of denounce Definition to give information against Informers might at any moment denounce them to the authorities. Synonyms report, expose, betray, accuse, implicate, inform on, inculpate, arraign, point a or the finger at, denunciate, dob in (Australian, slang) in the sense of finger Definition to identify as a criminal or suspect They fingered him to the police. Synonyms inform on, shop (slang, British), grass (British, slang), rat (informal), betray, notify, peach (slang), tip off, squeal (slang), leak to, incriminate, tell on (informal), blow the whistle on (informal), snitch (slang), blab, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), inculpate, dob in (Australian, slang) Nearby words of |
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