rat on sb/sth
— phrasal verb with rat uk/ræt/us/ræt/verb slang disapproving
to not be loyal to someone, especially by giving away secret information about them, or to fail to do something that you said you would do:
He ratted on us.
They ratted on the deal.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- come out
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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