as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
the retreat of the island's wildlife to higher ground was a tip-off that a tsunami was about to strike
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Recent Examples of tip (off)
Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Hazard on open waters The tip-off came from the Marine Corps and the Smögen Sea Rescue Company, who warned that the object appeared big enough to pose a hazard to shipping.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Her exact shoes were the Ugg Coquette Slippers — the chestnut color and lugged soles are typical tip-offs of the brand.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This growing parity ensures an electrifying tournament filled with unexpected twists, upsets, and edge-of-the-seat moments from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
How he was caught Around 2.30 a.m. Monday morning, police received a tip-off that a man and a child wearing headlamps were breaking into a farm supplies store in Piopio, a town of fewer than 500 people, over an hour’s drive from Marokopa.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Hazard on open waters The tip-off came from the Marine Corps and the Smögen Sea Rescue Company, who warned that the object appeared big enough to pose a hazard to shipping.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Her exact shoes were the Ugg Coquette Slippers — the chestnut color and lugged soles are typical tip-offs of the brand.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This growing parity ensures an electrifying tournament filled with unexpected twists, upsets, and edge-of-the-seat moments from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Noun
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What actions are necessary during a red flag warning?—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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That is why Trump must take the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact not as a rejection, but as a warning shot.—
Firas Maksad,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Paramount has notified Catfish producers that MTV — also still a thing — is going to pass on future seasons of the show, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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In his remarks, Harness said LMPD’s Professional Standards Unit — essentially the department’s internal affairs division — only opened its investigation after the OIG launched its own probe, not after the detective admitted the mistake or notified the chief’s counsel.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For Zirk, informing the public is vital in ensuring the region does not become overlooked.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The page informs interested parties of the club’s intentions before asking for email addresses.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Most of the cases presented took place during the 80s and 90s in Korea, before the internet, streaming video, and mobile devices kept us so apprised of manmade horrors being perpetrated on the other side of the world.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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While Coward didn’t officially announce his intention to stay in the draft — where he was selected 11th by the Portland Trail Blazers and traded to the Memphis Grizzlies — until May 24, Scheyer said Coward kept the program apprised of his thinking every step of the way.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Kautsch predicts that, under Garcetti and Pickering, many of the current firings and disciplinary actions will be challenged.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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Experts, some of whom are predicting a further slowdown in the third quarter, suggested the economy’s poor performance may force Beijing to approve a major economic stimulus.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The disturbance is then forecast to tract northwestward over the southwestern Atlantic, officials said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most of Ohio is forecasted to have pleasantly warm daytime temperatures and cool evenings this weekend.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One of Redford’s last screen roles, which presaged his retirement from acting in 2018, was as the career criminal Forrest Tucker in David Lowery’s The Old Man & the Gun.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, the new sanctuary honoring pathbreaking sculptor Alexander Calder, presaging its opening to the public, which is set for September 21.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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