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bubble and squeak; bubble; bubble up
verb
to inform on someone UK, 1961
The original rhyming slang meaning was “to speak”; hence “to speak about”, “to inform”.- “They told me to keep dog. Then they came running out and I ran with them.” And I kept on bubbling. — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 10, 1995
- It wasn’t defiance, misplaced loyalty, fear of what Roy would do if he found out I bubbled him up, or anything like that made me keep quiet. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. 159, 1999
- If I scorned Gloria she might bubble me to Benjo, and that would be that. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 15, 2003
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