sell_someone_out (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *sell someone out*:
VERB	communication	sell someone out	give information that compromises others

English > *sell someone out*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	Give information that compromises others.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Entails	unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover	Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Broader	denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag	give away information about somebody

HyperDic: sell_someone_out