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dob verb [ dɒb ]

• inform against someone.
• "Helen dobbed me in to Mum"
• contribute money to a common cause.
• "everyone dobbed in a few dollars"
• impose on someone to do something.
• "I dobbed him in to do the cleaning"
Origin: 1950s: figurative use of dialect dob ‘put down abruptly’, later ‘throw something at a target’.

d.o.b. abbreviation

• date of birth.


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