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   dob

   /dɒb/

   verb

   • 1. inform against someone: "Helen dobbed me in to Mum"
   • ▪ inform on; betray.
   • 2. contribute money to a common cause: "everyone dobbed in a few dollars"
   • 3. impose on someone to do something: "I dobbed him in to do the cleaning"

   Word Origin 1950s: figurative use of dialect dob ‘put down abruptly’, later ‘throw something at a target’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dobber noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

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