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dobbing

verb

Meaning

  1. To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.
  2. To do one's share; to contribute.
  3. To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
  4. To play truant
  5. (sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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