dob inとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

dob in (third-person singular simple present dobs in, present participle dobbing in, simple past and past participle dobbed in)

1. (slang, transitive) To betray (someone) by informing on them.

   I can't believe you dobbed her in.

   • 1998, Supreme Court of Victoria, Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, Victorian Reports, Volume 4, page 372,

     The deceased “dobbed” him in about drugs to police on two occasions. This resulted in police seizing some of his drugs. She “dobbed” him in because he would not give her amphetamines. He may have told people that she “dobbed” him in.

2. (slang, transitive, chiefly Australia) To contribute (something).

   We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

   • 1968, Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher, Aliens in Their Land: The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story, page 80:

     He′d never take payment in cash for tracking, but when they dobbed in for presentations such as the fridge he accepted them shyly, abashedly, […] .

   • 1976, Margaret Paice, Colour in the Creek, page 53:

     The miners had all dobbed in to buy a few bottles of beer which they left in the creek overnight to cool.

3. (slang, chiefly Australia) To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

   I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.

   • 1977, University of British Columbia, Canadian Literature, Issues 74-77, page 108,

     Writing reviews reminds me of the time I got dobbed in to be the judge at the Poochera sheep dog trials. It′s easy they said, sinking beers in the shade of the lean-to, just watch the dog.

   • 2001, Kerreen M. Reiger, Sheila Kitzinger, Our Bodies, Our Babies: The Forgotten Women's Movement, page 153:

     Those who moved into organisational roles sometimes did it unwittingly, even unwillingly, as they were ‘dobbed’ in for tasks, succeeded and so it went on.

アナグラム

• Bodin, Bondi, bidon