TIP SB


Meaning of TIP SB in English

off (about sth)

( informal ) 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.

[+ that ]

They were tipped off that he might be living in Wales.

—related noun tip-off

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.