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)
Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Police said the operation was carried out based on a tip-off.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The team announced that Wembanyama would be able to play about an hour before tip-off.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Durant was ruled out about 90 minutes before tip-off.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The Lakers upgraded Reaves to available an hour before tip-off of Game 5, setting him up to return as the Lakers try to clinch the best-of-seven first-round playoff series and advance to the Western Conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Police said the operation was carried out based on a tip-off.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The team announced that Wembanyama would be able to play about an hour before tip-off.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Durant was ruled out about 90 minutes before tip-off.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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The agency was notified of the outbreak in Congo on May 14 and the Uganda outbreak on May 15, Pillai said.—
Jessica Nix,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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After a mammogram, women are notified about their breast density.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Evacuation orders and warnings have been issued in the area.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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The warning was active for Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County, White Mountains of Inyo County, Death Valley, Owens Valley South and Owens Valley North.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Instead, inform the bank of your plans now to avoid having your funds get locked into a less profitable account.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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We were informed pretty quickly when each issue occurred.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Multiple 49ers, however, frowned during February’s Pro Bowl preparations when apprised of the 49ers’ potential Australia and Mexico trips.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The War Powers Resolution of 1973, passed into law in the wake of the Vietnam War, includes several provisions aimed at keeping the president's military powers somewhat in check and Congress apprised of the president's military actions.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The pin positions were far more accessible than the previous two days, as McIlroy had predicted.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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That’s for our golf coverage team at Aronimink — Brendan Quinn, Gabby Herzig and Brody Miller — to predict.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Verb
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That’s slightly more than the 207,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The Omega Block is forecast to persist through the weekend before conditions normalize next week.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Verb
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In the Bible the Antichrist is a figure prophesied to oppose Jesus Christ and substitute himself as a false savior before the Second Coming.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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But Henry Wilshire’s agreement with the city presaged a long struggle to build the system’s central artery, the D Line, which runs east to west underneath the city, roughly along the path of Wilshire Boulevard.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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