Meaning

3 senses

  1. (slang, transitive)To betray (someone) by informing on them.

    I can't believe you dobbed her in.

    стуча́тьstučátʹ, доноси́тьdonosítʹ

  2. (Australia, slang, transitive)To contribute (something).

    We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

  3. (Australia, slang)To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

    I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
to betray someone by informing on them:

Forms

dobs in, dobbing in, dobbed in, dobbed in
Base formdob in · to dob in
3rd person singulardobs in
Present participledobbing in
Past simpledobbed in
Past participledobbed in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydob in
he, she, itdobs in

Past simpleLesson

all personsdobbed in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dobbed in
he, she, ithas dobbed in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dob in

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doA1doabledobsondocB1docileC1dockB2
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