Tip off

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo alert or inform someone, especially confidentially.

"An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area."

2.verbTo put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.

3.verbTo pour out (liquor); to tip the vessel and drink until it is empty.

4.verbTo use a particular brush technique for producing a flawless surface on a wet coat of paint.

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