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tip off
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Princeton's WordNet
tip-offnoun
inside information that something is going to happen
Synonyms:
tap-offtip-off, tap-offverb
the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
tip off, tipverb
give insider information or advise to
"He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
Synonyms:
topple, tippytoe, tiptoe, slant, tumble, tap, lean, bung, angle, tip, fee, tilt
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#8525 | lean | |
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#17934 | tumble | |
#22421 | slant | |
#50543 | topple | |
#73605 | bung | |
#94522 | tiptoe |
How to use tip off in a sentence?
Our government does not spy on Americans unless there are Americans who are doing things that tip off our law enforcement officials to an imminent threat. It was our law enforcement officials and those programs that helped us stop this person before he committed a heinous crime in our Capitol.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:
The Federal Criminal Police Office informed the Bavarian police on New Year’s Eve of the existence of a tip-off from a friendly intelligence agency that Islamic State plans a concrete attack, attacks tonight, at midnight at the Munich central station or/and Pasing (station), i believe this decision was right because I think we cannot take unnecessary risks when we are dealing with such concrete threats, concrete locations, and a concrete time.
A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).
The phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 9-1-1, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.
I did not want to prevent its passage if it belonged to MIT and carried aid but we had a tip off saying this truck was carrying weapons. We were obliged to investigate.
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