rat on
Example Sentences
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Yet he also refuses to identify someone who can prove his innocence because he does not rat on people, and, he insists, he is innocent of the killings.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024
Santer says his son felt unsafe at home after someone left a dead rat on his doorstep.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 23, 2022
The woman in this shot was called Miriam, and the rat on her shoulder is called Bestia.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2019
The same month that Dr. Filardi’s life was upended, a team lead by Jake Esselstyn of Louisiana State University discovered a new species, the hog-nosed rat, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2018
If he thought I was going to rat on Stick...there was no way.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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