tattle on (one)
tattle on (one)
Especially of children, to inform an authority figure of one's bad behavior. I can't believe you tattled on me like that to mom and dad—I'm never telling you anything ever again! I know you think you're trying to do the right thing, but you're going to have a hard time making friends if you tattle on your classmates for every little thing they do wrong.
See also: on, tattle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tattle on
v.
To inform that someone has misbehaved: My brother tattled on me for spilling the glue.
See also: on, tattle
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- tattle on
- going to tell
- tattle
- going to tattle
- inform on
- inform on (one)
- grass on (one)
- grasse
- inform against (one)
- give notice