tip off• There are 7-8 distinctly flattened, finely rugose armspines, with the tips squared off.• Ralph had tipped Grover off about the developer being in over his head.• For instance, Charles Harvey has tipped her off about the new motorway but she pretends she doesn't know.• Some one should have tipped these people off before they opted for the independent life.• The agent who tipped them off had joined their escape into the woods.• Bonanzatips me off that Vecchi killed Mahoney.• As I raised my tips and slid off the lift, I wondered how I was going to get down the mountain.• Swanepoel, the pilot whom I had met when I first arrived in the country, tipped me off to that one.
tip somebody off that• His contact had not merely tipped him off thatdrugs were on the premises, he had told him where to look.• Bonanza tips me off that Vecchi killed Mahoney.
ˈtip-off noun [countableC]
1informalWARN a secret warning or piece of information, especially one given to the police about illegal activities 〔尤指給警察的〕密告,密報
The arrests came after a tip-off from a member of the public.
警方接到一名老百姓的密報後,随即展開了逮捕行動。
2American EnglishAmE informal something that shows you that something is true, even though you did not expect it to be true 說明,暗示
The fact that he hasn’t called should be a tip-off that he’s not interested.
phrasal verbphr vTELLWARNto give someone such as the police a secretwarning or piece of information, especially about illegalactivities 秘密警告〔某人〕;〔尤指將非法活動〕通風報信給〔某人〕
The police must have been tipped off.
警察一定是得到了密報。
tip somebody off that
His contact had tipped him off that drugs were on the premises.
他的線人向他密報說場内有毒品。
about
Did you tip him off about Bernard?
有關伯納德的事你警告過他了嗎?
Examples from the Corpus
tip off• There are 7-8 distinctly flattened, finely rugose armspines, with the tips squared off.• Ralph had tipped Grover off about the developer being in over his head.• For instance, Charles Harvey has tipped her off about the new motorway but she pretends she doesn't know.• Some one should have tipped these people off before they opted for the independent life.• The agent who tipped them off had joined their escape into the woods.• Bonanzatips me off that Vecchi killed Mahoney.• As I raised my tips and slid off the lift, I wondered how I was going to get down the mountain.• Swanepoel, the pilot whom I had met when I first arrived in the country, tipped me off to that one.
tip somebody off that• His contact had not merely tipped him off thatdrugs were on the premises, he had told him where to look.• Bonanza tips me off that Vecchi killed Mahoney.