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| Main Entry: |
blow the whistle
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform on |
| Synonyms: | finger, rat, sell down the river, sell out, snitch, spill the beans, squawk, squeal, weasel |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be disloyal |
| Synonyms: | abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; confess |
| Synonyms: | admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle, broadcast, communicate, cough up, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, fess up, give away, go public, gossip, impart, leak, let hair down, let slip, mouth, open up, own up, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans, spring, tattle, tell, tip off, uncover |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tattle on someone |
| Synonyms: | betray, blow the whistle, fink, inform, peach, rat, snitch, spill the beans, talk, turn in |
| Antonyms: | conceal |
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