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tip off

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1. tip off - Noun

2. tip off - Verb

Meaning

give insider information or advise to

the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball

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tip-off

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He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot Source: Internet

Abbie Dix gets up for the tip off as the Lady Cards get back to conference play after the winter break. Source: Internet

“Acting on a tip-off, the police on July 26 apprehended two smugglers, who were coming in a car from Delhi. Source: Internet

Acting on a tip-off the police team intercepted a vehicle near Suti police station on Friday and seized the drugs. Source: Internet

Acting on a tip-off, a police team nabbed Devram on September 6. He has been booked under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code. Source: Internet

According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar’s presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30. Source: Internet

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