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What does tip off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tip off? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform someone, especially confidentially.
  2. (basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To pour out (liquor).
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Australia play rivals New Zealand while the Americans, two-times defending gold medallists, tip off against Greece.
While large cash transfers can occasionally tip off authorities to drug activity, terrorists leave few telltale financial signs.
A huge tip off is if it's night time and he's wearing shades.
One explanation for why the White House was not interested was so as not to tip off Sunni insurgents in Iraq.
For prospective buyers, full disclosure of a home's history should be seen as a tip off that a certified home inspector be called in before the buyer plunks down any cash.
Then he pounds a stake in the ground as close to the main stem as possible, and clips the tip off the single stem that is left.

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