tip off

1. 1.

   give insider information or advise to

   “He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot”

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Questions about tip off

What does tip off mean?

tip off means "give insider information or advise to".

What is another word for tip off?

Close synonyms include tip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tip off a common word?

tip off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.