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tip-off

[tip-awf, -of]

tip-off

[tip-awf, -of]
noun Informal.
1.
the act of tipping off.
2.
a hint or warning: They got a tip-off on the raid.

Origin:
1910–15; noun use of verb phrase tip off
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tip-off
 
n
1.  a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information
2.  basketball the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball
 
vb
3.  (tr, adverb) to give a hint or warning to

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tip-off definition


  1. n.
    a clue; an indication. : The tip-off was when the dog started wagging his tail. We knew you were hiding somewhere close.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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