tip off

Meaning

1. tip sb off (about sth)

   to warn sb about sth that is going to happen, especially sth illegal

   Three men were arrested after police were tipped off about the raid.

In the movies · 19

• I'll tip off the press.Cruella2021
• Yeah, yeah. It was the tip-off for Oswald, you know?Slacker1990
• I tipped off the police.Watchmen2009
• So he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops.Once Upon a Time in America1984
• What do you mean, tipped off? They know where we are?Lord of War2005
• Drivers loved him. They used to tip him off...GoodFellas1990
• as they tip off another season, looking to get back into the play-off picture.Trainwreck2015
• Now, I got tipped off, he was stashing a million bucks in a pawnshop.Drive2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Slacker1990
  • The Dreamer Explains His Reality Theory
  • A Man Dictates The Gambler
  • The Moon Landing Was a Cover-Up
• GoodFellas1990
  • Henry Wants to Be a Gangster
  • Young Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited
  • Paulie's Protection Racket

From the same entry

• on the tip of your tongue
• the tip of the iceberg
• it is tipping down
• tip the balance
• tip your hand
• tip the scales at
• tip the wink
• I take my hat off to
• tip up