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)
Alice Gainer,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
It’s been one week and some change since the WNBA tip-off, and a lot has already happened.
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Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
But a single reference to modern technology might be the only obvious tip-off to newbies that this isn’t strictly a 1940s text.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Caitlin Clark was scratched an hour before tip-off a few days ago because of a bad back.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Noun
Game 3 ticket prices ranged from $5,200-$329,000 on StubHub hours before tip-off.
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Alice Gainer,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
It’s been one week and some change since the WNBA tip-off, and a lot has already happened.
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Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
But a single reference to modern technology might be the only obvious tip-off to newbies that this isn’t strictly a 1940s text.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Caitlin Clark was scratched an hour before tip-off a few days ago because of a bad back.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tip (off)
Verb
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The police department is withholding his identity until the family is notified.
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Police say she will be publicly identified once her family is notified.
Noun
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Topical hormone treatments like vaginal estrogen, from which the FDA recently removed a warning label, are becoming commonplace.
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This will be elevated to an extreme heat warning by Monday or Tuesday, and cooling centers will be opened.
Verb
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There appears to be no clear association between these two lists, although the contaminant list is supposed to inform the monitoring list.
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Marcia Kimpton's hotel tips Kimpton’s upbringing informed her approach to selecting hotels.
Verb
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At no point did George contact Saulter to ensure that he had been apprised of the mandatory Garrity interview, or of the implications of not showing up, George testified.
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In a post-meeting interview, Diane Hernandez Del Calvo, the SFRTA interim executive director, said the authority will make sure the public is well-apprised of the changes.
Verb
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Susan Del Percio, a New York GOP strategist, predicted the dueling programs would excite the different constituencies of the two leaders.
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But predicting how things will change decades from now is a more daunting task than embracing a gauzy promise.
Verb
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The war’s upward pressure on prices reversed expectations that the Federal Reserve might opt to cut rates this year, with many analysts now forecasting the Fed to raise them instead.
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For starters, the company, a holding my Hidden Yields service, boasts a booming construction-equipment segment, with management forecasting a 20% sales gain, plus 10% to 12% operating-margin expansion for this business, in 2026.
Verb
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Members might be led by the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues or prophesy, for example, or to dance during worship.
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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.
Verb
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Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses.
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Years of turmoil presaged the takeover.
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“Tip (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tip%20%28off%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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