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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb tip off has 1 sense

• tip off(v = verb.communication) tip - give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
is one way to advise, counsel, rede
Derived form noun tip-off₁
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot tip off Sue

THESAURUS

tip off

admonish, admonishment, admonition, advice, advise, alarm, alert, alerting, breathe, buzz, catchword, caution, caveat, clue, confide, confide to, cry havoc, cue, cue word, deterrent example, entrust with information, evidence, example, final notice, final warning, give confidential information, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, hint, hot lead, intimation, issue an ultimatum, key, key word, lead, lesson, let in on, let next to, mention privately, monition, moral, notice, notification, notify, object lesson, office, passing word, point, pointer, put hep, put next to, scent, sound the alarm, spoor, steer, suggestion, telltale, threat, threaten, tip, trace, ultimatum, utter a caveat, verbum sapienti, vestige, warn, warn against, warning, warning piece, whiff, whisper

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