rat
noun
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
had ratted
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past perfectof rat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Simone now knew she had ratted him out.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
So, of course, punk as any eight-year-old, Earl had ratted this cousin out.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
She was convinced that it was her neighbor — the one with the smashed car — who had ratted her out.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2017
But to Shrimp Boy’s dismay, by the time the first of his two cases reached trial, in 1995, many of his associates had ratted him out.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2015
Okay, apparently that girl had ratted him out.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
