to grass
- verb
- /ɡrɑːs/
- Slang
- If you grass on someone, you risk losing their trust forever.
But he the main, main concern was it wasn't me that grassed Michael up.
- But he the main, main concern was it wasn't me that grassed Michael up.
- So in the end, some dude grass me up.
- And I tip my act to you for coming clean about grassing on your brother.
- And the sons grassed me up, OK, Wrote a statement saying I manipulated him, OK, Saying yeah, I, I, I made him feel included in the Essex Circle and.
Examples
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You did well for not grassing us to the police.
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Why, are you gonna grass me in again?
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If he grassed, why would he come back here?
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They want me to grass up a pal of mine.
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I've never grassed anyone up.
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Are you really going to grass on your friends again?
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She refused to grass on him, even when pressured by the police.
Synonyms
Tell someone's secret to other people
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust
To betray others by telling secret information about them
To secretly tell the police or a person in charge about someone's bad actions
To report to a person in charge that someone did something wrong so they get in trouble
Tell authorities about someone, often exposing them to punishment
To tell the police or a manager that someone did something wrong
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
- Informal
A very quiet place where even the smallest sounds seem noticeable
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
Ordinary people in a community who support or begin change at the local level
A grass that grows along the ground and is used for lawns and fields for animals
- UK
A European grass with long underground roots that spreads quickly and becomes a common weed
A tough grass with strong roots that grows on sandy shores and stops sand dunes from moving
- Specialized
A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion
- US
A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers
A rough annual grass grown for edible seeds, animal feed, and wildlife food
A small plant with narrow, grass-like leaves and blue flowers related to irises
A grass that has curved flower spikes and long stiff hairs under each small flower
A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn
A small plant with edible leaves high in vitamin C that sailors used to prevent scurvy
A creeping grass with spiky heads like a bird's foot that often grows as a weed
- Australian
An Australian grass that lives for many years and has long spikes like a windmill
- Specialized
A grass from Eurasia that farmers grow for animal feed and to stop soil erosion
A rare small fern with thin curled leaves that grows in thick clumps on the ground
- US
A plant that lives for many years with pink or purple flowers in eastern North America
- UK
A strong plant that spreads quickly and is used for lawns and pastures in warm places
- US
A grass from Europe that spreads quickly by stems under the ground and is a weed in North America
- South African
A grass from South Africa that grows in clumps and is often planted to stop soil erosion
- Archaic
A herb from the southeastern United States with rough outer flower parts and small white flowers
- Specialized
A tall grass that spreads underground and is used for animal food but is a harmful weed
A fast-growing water plant with long grass-like leaves that forms thick floating mats
A grasslike plant that lives for many years with star-shaped flowers that grows in North America
- Specialized
A plant that grows in shallow water or marshes and can poison farm animals
- Specialized
A group of small grass-like plants that grow in wet places such as marshes
Young green leaves of the barley plant used as a health food such as powder or juice
- Specialized
A common wild grass that grows in wet farm fields and that animals sometimes eat
- Australian
A tall grass from Australia with long thin stalks often used for hay
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with a thick trunk and long grasslike leaves
- Specialized
A grass from Europe and Asia grown on dry plains to feed animals and stop soil washing away
How Betraying
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grass (British slang verb 'to inform') follows the noun 'grass' for an informer, so 'to grass' means 'to tell the police' about someone, which is why it means to betray or give information on others.