(slang) To inform on (a person); to turn someone in.
(slang) To inform on (a person); to turn someone in.
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In basketball slang, to drop dimes means to dish out a string of beautiful assists — perfectly timed passes that set up teammates for easy buckets. A player who drops dimes is a floor general, a playmaker, someone whose passes are so crisp and well-placed they're almost currency. The phrase is also used more broadly to mean to make a quick, often small, payment, but the sports sense has become dominant in modern American slang, celebrated in highlight reels and commentator praise alike.