tip off
phrasal verbtip somebody off (about something)
- (informal) to warn somebody about something that is going to happen or has happened, especially something illegal
- Three men were arrested after police were tipped off about the raid.
- An informant tipped me off as to where he was seen last.
- tip somebody off that… They were tipped off that he might be living in Wales.
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