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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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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.
While large cash transfers can occasionally tip off authorities to drug activity, terrorists leave few telltale financial signs.
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.
The heaviest shelling was spread over a week in order not to tip off the Germans of exactly when the assault would take place.
A huge tip off is if it's night time and he's wearing shades.
Well, right before the game, and I mean right before the tip off, I filled out the book and made sure I handed it to Tom, the ref.

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