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)
Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Knicks head coach Mike Brown praised his 27-year-old point guard prior to tip-off against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
This is one of the most obvious tip-offs.
—Jessica Pellien, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
Get ready for tip-off because Running Point season 2 is about to hit the court.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The Lakers needed Ayton at his best after backup centers Jaxson Hayes (back soreness) and Maxi Kleber (lumbar back strain) were ruled out of the game about 15 minutes before tip-off.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Knicks head coach Mike Brown praised his 27-year-old point guard prior to tip-off against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
This is one of the most obvious tip-offs.
—Jessica Pellien, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
Get ready for tip-off because Running Point season 2 is about to hit the court.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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Pierson notified the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, and Criminal Investigators Kevin Papineau and Michelle Hendricks took over the investigation.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The university cleared the area, notified campus and had the bees removed, Gonzalez said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Israel later struck the Qasmiyeh bridge near Tyre, giving an hour's warning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Presidents have historically leaned on their national security officials to inform the public about their wars.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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When Jobs returned to Apple after the first demo, he was crisply informed by Raskin that he’d been had — PARC had withheld from him most of its most innovative work.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Rubio, however, has argued the administration has kept congressional leaders apprised.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Last month, the DOJ convened a call with the states to discuss the agreement, though states weren’t apprised of details.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Zeisler predicted that many more entrepreneurs like Chorney will have similar ambitions going forward.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The principle holds that neural systems are driven to predict their environment.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But Ikea forecasts even faster expansion, expecting the market to hit $48 billion by 2030 — momentum the company is keen to capture.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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Temperatures were forecast to linger around 30 or 40 degrees above average in a number of southwestern and Central states, continuing a trend that began earlier in the week as a massive heat wave expands further into the western two-thirds of the country, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The civil rights investigations could presage a lawsuit or lead to a loss of federal funding — which medical schools are particularly reliant on.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Tehran has become a direct threat to Gulf national security, a transformation that may presage more military confrontation, economic uncertainty, and less space for regional cooperation, Amr Hamzawy, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes in Foreign Affairs.—
Hadley Gamble,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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