- present participle of rat.
ratting
Example Sentences
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And who wouldn’t have to modify their behavior if they thought Rover was ratting them out to his pals down at Paws & Claws?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
"I don't know how I feel about the culture of ratting out your neighbours," Ms Morfopoulos said.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
"But he could be ratting out Eastman and Powell, for example, in order to make a deal."
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2023
Which is, you know, the problem here, and what all who tuned in should now be ratting him out for.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2019
She always feared that one day she’d get in trouble for ratting out Mr. Pepperhorn, and now it was actually happening.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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