"sing like a canary" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sings like a canary [present, singular, third-person], singing like a canary [participle, present], sang like a canary [past], sung like a canary [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sing<,,sang,sung> like a canary}} sing like a canary (third-person singular simple present sings like a canary, present participle singing like a canary, simple past sang like a canary, past participle sung like a canary)
  1. (slang) To inform on a criminal in great detail. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-sing_like_a_canary-en-verb-dsKx5Cwg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sing like a canary meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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