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单词 tip someone off
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tipsomeoneoff

phrasal verbwithtipverb
uk
/tɪp/us
/tɪp/
-pp-
C2
towarnsomeonesecretlyabout something that willhappen, so that they can takeactionorpreventit fromhappening:
[+ that]Somebody must havetippedtheburglarsoffthatthehousewould beempty.
Therobberwascaughtwhen someonetippedoff thepolice.
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Threats & warnings
  • (just) you waitidiom
  • alarm bell
  • beware the ides of Marchidiom
  • brushback pitch
  • canary
  • canary in a coalmineidiom
  • caveat
  • communication cord
  • don't you dareidiom
  • false alarm
  • heads-up
  • send a signal (to sb) thatidiom
  • slip
  • there's many a slip twixt cup and lipidiom
  • tip
  • trigger warning
  • ultimatum
  • wait
  • warning
  • yellow card
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Revealing secrets & becoming known
tip-off
noun[Cusually singular]
informal
uk
/ˈtɪp.ɒf/us
/ˈtɪp.ɑːf/
asecretwarningorpieceofsecretinformation:
Acting on a tip-off, thepolicearrestedthedrugdealers.
Following a tip-offfromafriend, wesoldalloursharesin thecompany.
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Information and messages
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  • ammunition
  • basics
  • dope
  • fascia
  • info
  • infodemic
  • infodump
  • infographic
  • information
  • memorandum
  • poop
  • push notification
  • radiogram
  • readout
  • relabel
  • shingle
  • the bare bones
  • the real deal
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Threats & warnings
(Definition oftip someone offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tip off someone| American Dictionary

tip offsomeone

phrasal verbwithtipverb[I/T]
us
/tɪp/
-pp-
to givesecretinformationto someone, or to give someoneinformationwithoutintendingto:
Apparently themobleaderswere tipped off thatpolicewerewatchingthem.
Movingstrikeaircraftwithinrangecould have tipped off thebadguys.
tip-off
noun[C]
infml
us
/ˈtɪp ˌɔf/
awarningorinformationthat something mayhappen:
Hebegancuttingclasses– a tip-off that he was introuble.
(Definition oftip off someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tip sb off| Business English

tip sb off

phrasal verbwithtipverb
uk
/tɪp/us
-pp-
to give someoneinformation, often about somethingdishonestorillegalthat ishappening:
Financialauthoritieshave beentippedoff and are nowbeginningaseriesofinvestigations.
(Definition oftip sb offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftip someone off

tip someone off
Although useful and innovative in many respects, these theoretical interventions are incomplete, and thetip-offis their aura of omniscience.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Perhaps he had an anonymoustip-off, possibly from the security services, or he saw satellite photographs.
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Does what he said about the possibility of atip-offapply to the right of a person in detention to have his solicitor informed?
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The police had gone to the store because they had atip-offthat some people employed there were illegal entrants.
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That may be the kind oftip-offthat one gets from a neighbour when they do not have a good relationship.
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For example, it might reveal the source of atip-offwithin a company under investigation.
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I have in mind a case involving a major banknote forgery where suspects were arrested in a hotel bedroom following atip-off.
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The officer has atip-offthat there is known to be poaching in the district.
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One of the other examples given is that the information is given on the basis of an anonymoustip-off.
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That will give the police thetip-off, and the immigrants will be liable to disappear or go to ground.
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I thought at the time that the immigration officers must have had some kind of advance information, sometip-off.
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It is done only on a random basis and usually because there has been atip-off.
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All these should be carried out before action is taken on an anonymoustip-off.
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The police said that they had received atip-offabout the presence of explosives.
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For example, onetip-offled to five people being arrested.
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