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tip off
tip off
transitive verb
Definition:
give somebody warning:
to give somebody a warning or some useful advance information
The police had been tipped off about the girl's whereabouts.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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The police had been tipped off about the girl's whereabouts.
