What does "tip off" mean in this context?
The distant buzz of strange children from the local village on quad bikes looking for foxes to tip off the illegal hunt heralds the arrival of a theatrical "village shopkeeper" stocking shelves sparsely with Primula squirty cheese and long-life Mother's Pride, pulling a contorted face as she's asked for "a bulb of garlic".
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7-6-2017 What a mucking fess! I sure would hate to have to parse that sentence. Is this a book? I mean, like, we could burn it?
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MiG-29 http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/grace-dent-ducks-force-fed-shortbread-teens-drunk-on-cider-petrol-vigilantes-thats-the-real-7844861.html -
Jewels Vern In American slang "tip off" means to notify or warn. That meaning does not seam to apply here, and it is UK slang, not American slang. Those Brits never did learn to talk right. -
Linda Joy Lol a mess indeed!
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I think it's a basketball term as in to start the game. But you're right it's a bit of a mess
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Linda Joy
This wouldn't happen to be a multiple-choice would it? You have any choices for us to pick from?
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