drop a dime
Language: en
USslanginformal
- To inform the police or other authorities about someone's wrongdoing; to betray or turn someone in by providing incriminating information.
USinformalarchaic
- To make a telephone call, especially an anonymous or emergency call, originally referring to depositing a dime in a payphone to place the call.
USslanginformal
- To deliver a precise, well-timed pass in team sports (chiefly American football and basketball).
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