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)
Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Missouri jumped out to a 12-0 lead right from the opening tip-off and impressively maintained that edge for the entire 40 minutes.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
When making their way to their seats ahead of tip-off, the NBA W.A.G. met up with the athlete's younger sister, Erica, before the game began.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Hours before tip-off the NCAA Tournament selection committee released its top-16 seeds and TCU (24-3, 12-2) was slotted No. 9 meaning, the committee right now has the Horned Frogs as a No. 3 seed.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Rivers said the team is still working with the league to see if Portis can travel with the team, even though he is not allowed in arenas on game nights starting two hours before tip-off.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Missouri jumped out to a 12-0 lead right from the opening tip-off and impressively maintained that edge for the entire 40 minutes.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
When making their way to their seats ahead of tip-off, the NBA W.A.G. met up with the athlete's younger sister, Erica, before the game began.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Hours before tip-off the NCAA Tournament selection committee released its top-16 seeds and TCU (24-3, 12-2) was slotted No. 9 meaning, the committee right now has the Horned Frogs as a No. 3 seed.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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Roughly 2 million people are notified of overpayments yearly, and about 1 million (those drawing Social Security, not SSI) could now face 100% withholding under the new policy — many of whom rely on Social Security as their sole income, according to WSOC-TV.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The victim’s name was not released as police first worked to notify his family of the death.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, Sweden was granted an exemption from the ban in exchange for stricter warning labels.—
Carrie Battan,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Heeding several tornado warnings from the National Weather Service that pinged on their cell phones just after 8:30 a.m., the unnamed couple quickly sought shelter in a safe room in a corner of their home, county officials said.—
Martin E. Comas,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Some stories were beautiful, while others were less pleasant, but the mix informed my preparation.—
Elissa Suh,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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Pausing public comment limits the diversity of perspectives that inform public health policy.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The consignor, apprised of the Grünbaum provenance, asked Christie’s to help mediate an agreement with Grünbaum’s heirs, according to Boll.—
Catherine Hickley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Local state prosecutors will be apprised of the situation should possible criminal culpability play a role in the origin of the pileup, the governor said.—
Erick Mendoza,
NBC News,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Women possessed by the gods were oracles, predicting the future in cryptic utterances.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Tremble didn’t have the 2024 season that many predicted.—
Alex Zietlow and,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The first step is to develop a stress-testing mindset when forecasting future growth.—
Laura Clayton McDonnell,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Still, that put profits per share 16 cents ahead of the $2.25 analysts forecast.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Biden’s actions kicked off a yearslong border crisis which melted down the emergency resources of border towns and caused New York’s mayor to prophesy the destruction of his city’s finances.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of prophesying, faith is big in the Hurts household, and the NFL star speaks about it publicly.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And just as that communication breakdown presaged an explosion, so too did this one.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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State of play: Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Council President Blaine Griffin went at each other in public remarks, presaging what could be a larger ideological battle about the new ward map.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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