tip-off

/ˈtɪp.ɒf/

/-ɑːf/ informal

Definition

› a secret warning or piece of secret information: Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the drug dealers. Following a tip-off from a friend, we sold all our shares in the company.Information and messagesThreats and warnings

(Definition of tip-off noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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tip verb (ONE SIDE HIGHER)
tip verb (PAYMENT)
tip verb (POUR)
tip verb (RUBBISH)
tip your hand idiom
tip-off noun
tip-top adjective
Tipp-Ex noun
tipper noun
tipper truck/lorry noun
tipping point noun

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