drop a dime

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الإنجليزية - التركية
Resmî bir kuruma veya yetkililere şikayette bulunmak. "Tom iş a punk, because he dropped a dime on Jerry about those tags"
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To make a phone call, usually means calling the police to report another's activities

He was in the back for a few minutes. Turned out he was dropping a dime on Ralph.

(deyim) Inform on someone to legal authorities; i.e., to rat someone out to the police: "Tom is a punk, because he dropped a dime on Jerry about those tags"
make a call using a public telephone; turn someone into the police, inform the police about a crime
drop a dime

    التركية النطق

    drôp ı daym

    النطق

    /ˈdrôp ə ˈdīm/ /ˈdrɔːp ə ˈdaɪm/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () See dime
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