tip-off
tip-off · tip-offs
Hinweis, Tipp
An obvious clue or indicationAn obvious clue or indication.
Meaning
3 senses(idiomatic)An obvious clue or indication.
The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
(idiomatic)A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
Tipp, Hinweis
Jump ball that starts a game.
the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority:
Origin
Deverbal from tip off.Deverbal from tip off.
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