tip off
tip
tÉĒp
tip
off
ɔf
awf
/tˈÉĒp ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "tip off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to tip off
[phrase form: tip]
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to discreetly share important information or advice with someone to help them take action or avoid a problem
to tip off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's tip off the boss about the potential issues with the project.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāχāĨ¤
02

āϟāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in basketball) to start the game by throwing the ball into the air between two opposing players
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The center players tip off to begin the first quarter.
āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϰāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a sports match) to start
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were nervous but ready when the final game of the season tipped off.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ• āĻĸā§‹āρāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to empty a container of liquor by tilting it and drinking until it is completely consumed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the old tavern, patrons would often tip off their mugs of ale to quench their thirst.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŽāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāϞ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ— āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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