Thesaurus results for GRASSED (ON)

grassed (on)

verb

past tense of grass (on), British slang

as in told (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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Both of the soon-to-be newlyweds have talked openly about wanting to have kids.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award on Friday at the festival’s opening night ceremony, and talked to the international press on Saturday in a suite at the neo-baroque Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 4 July 2026

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At the end of May, the Minnesota Department of Human Services informed 3,411 — 62% of the providers screened — that they were disenrolled and could not bill Medicaid.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Containment actions should be proportional, reversible where possible and informed by multiple signals rather than a single brittle heuristic.

— Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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