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English
Etymology
See dime § Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
drop a dime (third-person singular simple present drops a dime, present participle dropping a dime, simple past and past participle dropped a dime)
- (idiomatic, slang) To make a telephone call.
- (slang, with on) To inform, to call the authorities (on).
He was in the back for a few minutes. Turned out he was dropping a dime on Ralph.
1995 September 13, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:27:05 from the start, in Clockers, spoken by Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures: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.
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