Phrase guide
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verb
To inform on someone behind his or her back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, Singlish, informal, invariable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Hokkien 包刀 (pau to, literally “wrapped knife”), referring to backstabbing.
