"tip-off" meaning in English

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      "word": "tip off"
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          "text": "The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong."
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        "An obvious clue or indication."
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        "(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication."
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          "ref": "1986 August 16, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Harry Hay Barred from Carrying NAMBLA Sign”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 1",
          "text": "Haws also alleged that Hay was engaged in a conspiracy to disrupt the parade. \"People called a week before and said he would be doing something.\" The alleged tip-off was anonymous.",
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          "text": "The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery."
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        "(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority."
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          "sense": "A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority",
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          "word": "chivatazo"
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          "sense": "A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority",
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      "sense": "A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority",
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      "word": "chivatazo"
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