blow the gaff (on someone)
1blow the gaff — phrasal slang : to give away a secret : blab * * * blow the gaff To disclose a secret, blab • • • Main Entry: ↑gaff * * * blow the gaff british informal phrase t …
2blow the gaff — vb to give away information, reveal a secret, inform on someone. This picturesque phrase was derived from the archaic term gaff meaning a trickster s strategy or paraphernalia. Although it dates from the early 19th century and often evokes the… …
3blow the gaff — British, old fashioned, informal to cause trouble for someone by letting other people know something that they were trying to keep secret. They killed Green because he was about to blow the gaff on their drug dealing. (often + on) …
4blow the gaff — British informal to accidentally tell someone a secret …
5blow — 1 past tense blew, past participle blown verb 1 (I) WIND MOVING if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves: A cold breeze was blowing. 2 WIND MOVING STH (intransitive usually + adv/prep, transitive) to move something, or to be moved, by the… …
6gaff — UK [ɡæf] / US noun [countable] Word forms gaff : singular gaff plural gaffs 1) a pole with a hook on the end, used for pulling large fish out of water 2) British informal a building, especially someone s home • blow the gaff …
7gaff — noun (C) 1 a stick with a hook at the end, used to pull big fish out of the water 2 British slang someone s house see also: blow the gaff blow 1 (14) …
8blow — I UK [bləʊ] / US [bloʊ] verb Word forms blow : present tense I/you/we/they blow he/she/it blows present participle blowing past tense blew UK [bluː] / US [blu] past participle blown UK [bləʊn] / US [bloʊn] *** 1) a) [intransitive] if wind or air… …
9gaff\ off — A verb used in the USMC to deliberately blow someone off or to delay a task. Don t gaff off this report. It s due first thing tomorrow …
10gaff\ off — A verb used in the USMC to deliberately blow someone off or to delay a task. Don t gaff off this report. It s due first thing tomorrow …
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