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to act on a tip off

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  • tip-off — /tip awf , of /, n. Informal. 1. the act of tipping off. 2. a hint or warning: They got a tip off on the raid. [1910 15; n. use of v. phrase tip off] * * * …   Universalium

  • tip-off — ☆ tip off [tip′ôf΄ ] n. 1. the act of tipping off 2. a tip; confidential disclosure, hint, or warning …   English World dictionary

  • tip-off — noun (esp. BrE) secret information given to the police ADJECTIVE ▪ anonymous ▪ intelligence ▪ telephone VERB + TIP OFF ▪ give sb ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • tip-off — /ˈtɪp ɒf/ (say tip of) noun 1. the act of tipping off. 2. a hint or warning: they got a tip off about the raid. 3. the beginning of a quarter, or a half, of a basketball game …  

  • tip-off — noun 1. inside information that something is going to happen • Derivationally related forms: ↑tip off • Hypernyms: ↑information 2. the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball • Syn: ↑tap off • …   Useful english dictionary

  • tip-off — I. noun Etymology: 8tip Date: 1901 1. warning, tip 2. a telltale sign II. noun Etymology: 6tip Date: 1922 the act or an instance of putting the ball in play in basketball by a j …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tip off — Verb. To give information secretly. Noun. An act of revealing secret information …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • tip — I. /tɪp / (say tip) noun 1. a slender or pointed extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers. 2. the top, summit, or apex. 3. a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming the extremity of something. 4. a… …  

  • tip — tip1 tipless, adj. /tip/, n., v., tipped, tipping. n. 1. a slender or pointed end or extremity, esp. of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers. 2. the top, summit, or apex: the tip of the mountain. 3. a small piece or part, as of metal …   Universalium

  • tip — I [[t]tɪp[/t]] n. v. tipped, tip•ping 1) a pointed end, esp. of something long or tapered: the tips of the fingers[/ex] 2) the top; apex: the tip of a steeple[/ex] 3) a small piece covering the extremity of something: a cane with a rubber… …   From formal English to slang

  • act on — phr verb Act on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑force Act on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑hunch, ↑impulse, ↑information, ↑instruction, ↑recommendation, ↑suggestion, ↑tip off …   Collocations dictionary

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