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split on

phrasal verb

Definition of split on

British, informal
: to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to the police
  • He would never split on his chums.

Word by Word Definitions

split play

  1. : to divide lengthwise usually along a grain or seam or by layers

  2. : to affect as if by cleaving or forcing apart

  3. : to tear or rend apart : burst

  1. : divided, fractured

  2. : prepared for use by splitting

  3. : heterozygous

  1. : a narrow break made by or as if by splitting

  2. : an arrangement of bowling pins left standing with space for pins between them

  3. : a piece split off or made thin by splitting

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