grass on/up

phrasal verb

grassed on/up; grassing on/up; grasses on/up
British slang
: to tell the police about the criminal activity of (someone)
He refused to grass on his friends.
Someone grassed him up.

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“Grass on/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grass%20on%2Fup. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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