Etymology

bao toh

Today it means: To inform on someone behind his or her back. Full definition →

Hokkien 包刀
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from包刀
  2. English todaybao toh

From Hokkien 包刀 (pau to, literally “wrapped knife”), referring to backstabbing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.