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Definition tip-off in British English

tip-off noun

[countable] noun
1

a warning or secret information that you give to someone

Example

The police arrested him after an anonymous tip-off.

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2

in basketball, an occasion when the ball is thrown into the air in order to start play

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Definition tip-off in British English