What does it mean to dime on someone?

(slang) To inform on (a person); to turn someone in.
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What does it mean when you drop a dime on someone?

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities. The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence.
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How do you drop a dime on someone?

To drop a dime (on someone) means to inform on them or betray them, usually to the police. 1. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms.
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What does dime mean in dating?

Dime dating is a relatively new approach to dating that primarily employs online dating sites where money, services, and gifts are exchanged for the company of an attractive individual.
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Is a dime a compliment?

If someone's a dime piece or a dime, they're mighty attractive — as in, a perfect 10.
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Is dime piece a compliment?

But dime piece describes a woman who is “bangin', hot, beautiful, a perfect ten,” according to Urban Dictionary's most popular definition. “Dime piece definition of a chick / Nice, sweet educated independent fly thang,” Nick Cannon sings in 2006's “Dime Piece.” The –piece of dime piece refers to a piece of money.
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Why do they say dropping dimes?

The first explanation of dropping dimes comes from the days of payphones, it would cost a dime to make a phone call. If someone would assist you in helping to make a phone call, they would be “dropping a dime” for you.
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Where does the expression dropping a dime come from?

The term drop a dime first appeared in detective novels in the 1920s-1930s. The idiom drop a dime conjures the image of someone putting a dime in a payphone to call the police and betray or “rat out” a criminal.
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What does it mean to tank someone?

To ply someone with alcohol to the point of intoxication. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tank" and "up." It was my 21st birthday, so my friends tanked me up on all manner of liquor. Someone spiked the punch to try to tank up the entire auditorium of students.
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What is dropping a deuce?

(euphemistic, slang) To release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
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What gets my goat meaning?

Definition of get someone's goat

: to upset or irritate someone The way she's always correcting other people really gets my goat!
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What does drop the hat mean?

If you do something at the drop of a hat, you do it immediately without stopping to think about it: People will file lawsuits at the drop of a hat these days. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned.
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What is a Tant?

A small scarlet arachnid.
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What does he tanked her mean?

Definition of tanked

slang. : drunk sense 1a —often used with up. Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About tanked.
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What do you mean by Tang?

Definition of tang

(Entry 1 of 5) 1a : a sharp distinctive often lingering flavor. b : a pungent odor. c : something having the effect of a tang (as in stimulation of the senses) the tang of the autumn air add tang to your writing.
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Why is a good pass called a dime?

The passer is credited with an "assist" for this effort. The term in question seemed to have originated by persons "dropping dimes" to homeless persons to make a phone call if needed, as pay phones at the time cost 10 cents. Sadly, this form of charity was often done in a derogatory fashion as 911 calls are free.
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Is dropping a dime snitching?

To snitch or inform on someone to a person of higher authority. Originally street slang for informing to police, it refers to the old price of using a public payphone (10 cents). Primarily heard in US.
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What is a dime in the NBA?

What is a “dime” referring to in basketball? A “dime” in basketball is the same thing as an assist. For those unfamiliar, a basketball assist occurs when one player makes a pass to a teammate which leads that teammate to score a basket.
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What does dime time mean?

Dime Time in NBA 2K21 is an event that can only happen in NBA 2K MyPark where players are encouraged to get assists in games all around MyPark. If all players are able to build up the assist count, and reach the quota in time, all players who participated earn a reward.
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What does calling a woman a bag mean?

derogatory, slang. an ugly or bad-tempered woman (often in the phrase old bag)
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What does it mean to call a woman a piece?

slang a girl or woman regarded as an object of sexual attractiona nice piece.
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What is bag slang for?

Slang. a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag. a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today.
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What is meaning of Tant pis?

Definition of tant pis

: so much the worse : too bad — compare tant mieux.
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Is tants a word?

No, tant is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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What does Balls in your court mean?

: burdened with expectations or requirements for something What do you think we should do about the project? The ball is in your court.
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