grasses (on)

Definition of grasses (on)next
present tense third-person singular of grass (on), British slang
as in splits (on)
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities that bloke would grass on his own mater to save himself

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  • And no one talks much about that.
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  • Kennedy, who is in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and heroin, talks frequently about his own struggles with substance use.
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  • Tracking how clusters assemble across vast stretches of time and space also informs our knowledge of the cosmic web and the cosmological parameters that shape it.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Read Buy or Sell GOOG Stock to understand what informs our current opinion.
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“Grasses (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grasses%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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