lolly up

verb

lolly up

verb

Etymology Rhyming slang, from lollipop, to rhyme with shop (“to report to the authorities”).

1

UK, Slang To inform on.

  • The bods who do it are grasses. They'll lolly you up as soon as look at you. […] The fucking bastards lollied me up for nicking the materials. I lost three days.2005, Noel Smith, Razor Smith, A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun:
  • But some straight kid turned grass — he lollied me up, as they say — and I was asked to leave the premises.2011, Richard T. Kelly, Alan Clarke:

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