grass up en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From grass (“informer”) + up.
Meanings
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(UK, slang) To betray by informing on.
My sister grassed me up to the caretaker! She thought she was doing me a favour — by grassing me up she was sure he'd let me off.
1999, Angela Devlin, Bob Turney, Going Straight: After Crime and Punishment, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grassing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grassed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grassed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| grasses up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |