dobbing
verb
Meaning
- To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.
- To do one's share; to contribute.
- To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
- To play truant
- (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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