dob in

Definitions

1. 1

   To betray (someone) by informing on them.

   • I can't believe you dobbed her in.
2. 2

   To contribute (something).

   • We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.
   • He′d never take payment in cash for tracking, but when they dobbed in for presentations such as the fridge he accepted them shyly, abashedly,[…].
   • The miners had all dobbed in to buy a few bottles of beer which they left in the creek overnight to cool.
3. 3

   To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

   • I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.
   • Those who moved into organisational roles sometimes did it unwittingly, even unwillingly, as they were ‘dobbed’ in for tasks, succeeded and so it went on.

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