mandar al frente (informal)
English translation: to grass somebody up (UK) / to rat on somebody (US)
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|  Selected response from: Simon Bruni United Kingdom Local time: 02:42 | ||||
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| 5 +2 | tell on |
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| 4 +2 | to give away |
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| 5 +1 | to grass somebody up (UK) / to rat on somebody (US) |
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| 4 | made me look like a fool or idiot |
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| 4 | to show someone up |
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| 4 | rat on [person A] to [person B] |
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made me look like a fool or idiot Explanation: or embarrassed me in front of... |
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to show someone up Explanation: I think it gets the meaning... |
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54 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2tell on Explanation: según NTC Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs: tell (someone) on someone: to tattle to soemone about someone y el Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs: tell on: If you tell on someone who has done something wrong, you inform someone in authority about it; an informal use. denounce: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn |
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59 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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