English Dictionary

drop a dime

動詞

慣用表現 俗語 on支配

(idiomatic, slang) To make a telephone call. / (slang, with on) To inform, to call the authorities (on).

日本語の意味

電話をかける、電話を使って連絡すること。 / 当局に密告する、通報すること。

She promised to drop a dime to the landlord if anything went wrong during the inspection.

検査中に何か問題が起きたら、彼女は大家に電話をかけると約束しました。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, slang) To make a telephone call.

意味（2）

(slang, with on) To inform, to call the authorities (on).

We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.

drops a dime （ present singular third-person ）

dropping a dime （ participle present ）

dropped a dime （ participle past ）

dropped a dime （ past ）