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.
Examples of grass on/up in a Sentence
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One popular video from July shows a delivery robot on wheels — the kind that looks like a mobile cooler with flashing lights that look like eyes — stopped on a patch of grass on the side of a road.
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
When Smith bought the house, there was a little wooden deck with a staircase straight down to the ground level from the door and strips of grass on three sides.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The look of a surface prepared by groundsman Lee Fortis, who clashed with India coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday partly over the amount of grass on it, has convinced England to go in without a specialist spinner, as Surrey have done this season here.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Saturday’s event at Memorial Park was a celebration of that independence, with families and friends sprawled on the grass on blankets and folding chairs, enjoying the music and the sunny day.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
While a handful of crosses have been dug into a patch of grass on the village outskirts, death is something that happens on the far side of the causeway.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
And don't leave big clumps of grass on your neighbor's lawn, either.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
With two outs in the sixth, the Royals second baseman Michael Massey slipped to the grass on the edge of the infield attempting to field Wilmer Flores’ grounder which then rolled into right field.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
And when Angels pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn threw an 0-2 sweeper that bounced in the dirt, up off Ward’s chest and into the grass on the third base side, Machado took off home and just got his foot across the plate before Zeferjahn’s tag.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
When Smith bought the house, there was a little wooden deck with a staircase straight down to the ground level from the door and strips of grass on three sides.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The look of a surface prepared by groundsman Lee Fortis, who clashed with India coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday partly over the amount of grass on it, has convinced England to go in without a specialist spinner, as Surrey have done this season here.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Saturday’s event at Memorial Park was a celebration of that independence, with families and friends sprawled on the grass on blankets and folding chairs, enjoying the music and the sunny day.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
While a handful of crosses have been dug into a patch of grass on the village outskirts, death is something that happens on the far side of the causeway.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
And don't leave big clumps of grass on your neighbor's lawn, either.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
With two outs in the sixth, the Royals second baseman Michael Massey slipped to the grass on the edge of the infield attempting to field Wilmer Flores’ grounder which then rolled into right field.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
And when Angels pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn threw an 0-2 sweeper that bounced in the dirt, up off Ward’s chest and into the grass on the third base side, Machado took off home and just got his foot across the plate before Zeferjahn’s tag.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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“Grass on/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grass%20on%2Fup. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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