"grass up" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From grass (“informer”) + up.",
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      "form": "grassed up",
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        "To betray by informing on."
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        "(UK, slang) To betray by informing on."
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        {
          "word": "drop a dime"
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          "word": "snitch"
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  "word": "grass up"
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        "To betray by informing on."
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