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roll over
verb
to turn against or inform against someone AUSTRALIA, 1995- Shortly after the Patriarca indictment, which drew front-page stories about a Mafia stool pigeon, an angry Barboza tried to explain why he’d rolled over[.] — Gerard O’Neill, The Under Boss, p. 84, 1989
- “ICAC have summonsed Henry and subpoenaed his papers.” “You think he’ll roll over?” — Harrison Biscuit, The Search for Savage Henry, p. 15, 1995
- [H]earing that she was now heavy into speedballs, Letch figured she was ripe to roll over on her pimp. — Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, p. 10, 1996
- He rolled over on all the snitches he was doing business with and got ‘em brought up. — Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight, p. 59, 1996
- He was recovering from these wounds when a fellow Angel, Flash, called to inform him that Moose had rolled over for the police and was testifying against the club. — Peter Coyote, Sleeping Where I Fall, p. 126, 1998
- “You’re going to give him to us.” That was Partner from the wall. “You’re going to roll over on him.” — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 204, 1998
- — Bill Valentine, Gangs and Their Tattoos, p. a, 2000
- It didn’t take long for informants among them to come forward and roll over on the others. — Bill Valentine, Gangs and Their Tattoos, p. 13, 2000
- Despite the finding, many people believe that Denning was set up with a “hot shot” as a payback for rolling over and turning dog. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. xiv, 2001
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