dob in

verb — 3 senses

dob in

verb

1

Slang 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

Australia, Slang To contribute (something).

We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.
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,[…].1968, Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher, Aliens in Their Land: The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story, page 80:

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The miners had all dobbed in to buy a few bottles of beer which they left in the creek overnight to cool.1976, Margaret Paice, Colour in the Creek, page 53:

3

Australia, Slang 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.

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

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