rats (on)
verb
1
as in splits (on)
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities how much—or how little—did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- splits (on)
- talks
- grasses (on)
- informs
- drops a dime (on)
- squeaks
- finks
- snitches
- tells (on)
- sings
- turns in
- squeals
- gives away
- betrays
- backstabs
- tips (off)
- tattles
- sells (out)
- blabs
- crosses
- two-times
- double-crosses
2
as in deserts
to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip Synonyms & Similar Words
- deserts
- defects (from)
- jumps ship
- rejects
- runs out on
- walks out on
- abandons
- leaves
- cuts off
- goes back on
- withdraws
- forsakes
- renounces
- quits
- abjures
- abdicates
- disowns
- departs
- apostatizes
- repudiates
- spurns
- goes
- reneges
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sticks (to or with)
- adheres (to)
- clings (to)
- fosters
- cultivates
- cherishes
- major leagues
- major mitch
- major mitchell
- major mitchell cockatoo
- Major Mitchell's cockatoo
- major on
- major order
- major party
- major penalty
- major piece
- major planet
- major premise
- major prolation
- Major Prophet
- major road
- major seminary
- major seventh chord
- major suit
- major tenace
- major term
- major triad
- major-league
- major-medical
- Majorana
- majoranae