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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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A huge tip off is if it's night time and he's wearing shades.
The heaviest shelling was spread over a week in order not to tip off the Germans of exactly when the assault would take place.
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.
One explanation for why the White House was not interested was so as not to tip off Sunni insurgents in Iraq.
Australia play rivals New Zealand while the Americans, two-times defending gold medallists, tip off against Greece.
The final was a fine advertisement for basketball at this age group as both teams went at each other from the tip off.

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