Thesaurus / tip-off
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Jacques nodded, explaining that the message, relayed by tip-off men to his uncle, had been intended for Joe Matt.
DAN CARTER AND THE RIVER CAMPMILDRED A. WIRTAnd if that doesn't mean anything to you, here's the tip-off.
DAVE DAWSON ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTR. SIDNEY BOWENThat's the tip-off; when a souse won't listen to your gentle voice, it's time to change your system of approach.
OLD MAN CURRYCHARLES E. (CHARLES EMMETT) VAN LOANHe realized that the act had been an immediate tip-off to the occupants of the other rocket.
FIRST ON THE MOONJEFF SUTTONThe tip-off was the hundred percent pregnancy of one whole test-batch.
BREEDER REACTIONWINSTON MARKSIt wasn't until early on the morning of the third day after Howley's arrest that I got a tip-off from one of my part-time spies.
...OR YOUR MONEY BACKGORDON RANDALL GARRETTAnd thats the tip-off on any shack in this burg thatll hold a crowd, a screen and a projecting machine all at the same time.
LOCAL COLORIRVIN S. COBBThe gang is composed of tip-off men, highjackers, a lawyer and a bail bondsman.
DAN CARTER AND THE RIVER CAMPMILDRED A. WIRTThat was after the tip-off, as a freshman girl told Mrs. Lee.
BETTY LEE, SOPHOMOREDAVID GOODGER (GOODGER@PYTHON.ORG)"The type of resistance offered will be a tip-off to the Guard," he said.
THE BEST MADE PLANSEVERETT B. COLEWORDS RELATED TO TIP-OFF
- advancement
- angle
- approach
- bid
- big idea
- bit
- brainchild
- charge
- commendation
- exhortation
- game plan
- gimmick
- hot lead
- idea
- injunction
- instruction
- invitation
- lead
- motion
- opinion
- outline
- pitch
- presentation
- proffer
- proposal
- proposition
- recommendation
- reminder
- resolution
- scheme
- setup
- sneaking suspicion
- steer
- submission
- telltale
- tender
- testimonial
- thesis
- tip
- tip-off
- allusions
- associations
- autosuggestions
- breaths
- clues
- connotations
- cues
- indications
- inklings
- innuendos
- insinuations
- intimations
- notions
- overtones
- reminders
- self-suggestions
- shades
- significations
- smacks
- soupçons
- strains
- suspicions
- symbolisms
- symbolization
- symbologies
- symbols
- telltales
- thoughts
- tinges
- traces
- undertones
- veins
- whispers
- winds
- Mayday
- SOS
- admonition
- advice
- alarm
- alert
- augury
- caution
- caveat
- distress signal
- example
- exhortation
- fore
- foretoken
- forewarning
- guidance
- handwriting on the wall
- heads up
- hint
- indication
- information
- injunction
- intimation
- lesson
- look out
- notification
- omen
- portent
- prediction
- premonition
- presage
- recommendation
- sign
- signal
- suggestion
- threat
- tip
- tip-off
- token
- watch-it
- wink
- word
- word to the wise
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