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词汇 tip-off
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tip someone off


phrasal verb with tipverbuk /tɪp/ us /tɪp/-pp-
C2
to warn someone secretly about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening: 向(某人)告密;给(某人)通风报信
[ + that ]Somebody must have tipped the burglars off that the house would be empty.一定是有人给盗贼通风报信,告诉他们房子里到时候会没有人。
The robber was caught when someone tipped off the police.有人向警方报信后,抢劫者即被抓获。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Threats & warnings
advance warning
alarm
alarm bell
bell-ringing
beware the ides of Marchidiom
bomb scare
bow
brushback pitch
burglar alarm
cautionary
don't you dareidiom
early warning system
hear warning bellsidiom
minatory
one swallow doesn't make a summeridiom
protection racket
red alert
red flag
scare quotes
yellow card

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Revealing secrets & becoming known
tip-off
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈtɪp.ɒf/ us /ˈtɪp.ɑːf/

tip-offnoun[C usually singular] (INFORMATION)


informal
a secret warning or piece of secret information: 告密;通风报信;密报
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the drug dealers.警方根据密报采取行动,逮捕了毒品贩子。
tip-off fromFollowing a tip-off from a friend, we sold all our shares in the company.根据一位朋友透露的消息,我们出售了手中该公司的所有股份。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Information and messages
advance notice
advance warning
advertisement
aide-mémoire
ammunition
bumper sticker
credential
flier
gory
guideline
handout
info
PSA
push notification
radiogram
readout
subtlety
telemetry
the gory detailsidiom
the real deal

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Threats & warnings

tip-offnoun[C usually singular] (BASKETBALL)


(alsotipoff)
in basketball, the action of starting a game or starting play again with a jump ball(= a ball thrown in the air by the referee between two players from opposing teams):
He only arrived at the arena 10 minutes before tip-off.
Many fans arrived as early as three hours before the scheduled 7 p.m. tipoff.
Get ready for the season tipoff on 2 November.
Guildford went into a 14–2 deficit from the tip-off.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Basketball, netball & volleyball
airball
alley-oop
b-ball
backcourt
backfield
dime
dunk
foul
game ball
goaltending
granny shot
half-court
half-court press
jumper
quintet
rebound
rebounder
rebounding
reverse dribble
turnover

tip off someone | American Dictionary


tip off someone


phrasal verb with tipverb[ I/T ]us/tɪp/
-pp-
to give secret information to someone, or to give someone information without intending to:
Apparently the mob leaders were tipped off that police were watching them.
Moving strike aircraft within range could have tipped off the bad guys.
tip-off
noun[ C ]
 infmlus/ˈtɪp ˌɔf/
a warning or information that something may happen:
He began cutting classes – a tip-off that he was in trouble.

tip sb off | Business English


tip sb off


phrasal verb with tipverbuk /tɪp/us-pp-
to give someone information, often about something dishonest or illegal that is happening:
Financial authorities have been tipped off and are now beginning a series of investigations.

Examples of tip someone off


tip someone off
Although useful and innovative in many respects, these theoretical interventions are incomplete, and the tip-off is their aura of omniscience.
Perhaps he had an anonymous tip-off, possibly from the security services, or he saw satellite photographs.
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Does what he said about the possibility of a tip-off apply 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 a tip-off that some people employed there were illegal entrants.
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That may be the kind of tip-off that 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 a tip-off within 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 a tip-off.
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The officer has a tip-off that 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 anonymous tip-off.
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That will give the police the tip-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, some tip-off.
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It is done only on a random basis and usually because there has been a tip-off.
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All these should be carried out before action is taken on an anonymous tip-off.
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The police said that they had received a tip-off about the presence of explosives.
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For example, one tip-off led to five people being arrested.
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