Meaning of drop a dime | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make a telephone call.
   idiomatic, slang
2. To inform, to call the authorities (on).
   slang, with-on

Examples

“He was in the back for a few minutes. Turned out he was dropping a dime on Ralph.”

“We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.”

“Who dropped a dime to that newspaper reporter, Your Honor?”

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