tip-off

Converse of object

• receive: Two deep-sea wreck divers receive a tip-off from a local fisherman about a site off the New Jersey coast.
• follow: On 29 August 1975, following a tip-off from a telephone call, the police went to the front door of a shop.
• get: We got a tip-off from a jockey we knew who said, ' This is the horse to go for ' .
• have: We had a tip-off that the three Hunters from Delta Jets, based at Kemble would be arriving around 10.00.
• give: Pictures are swapped, tip-offs given and copy shared between newsdesks and reporters.
• say: Yet another says the original tip-off did not come from an MI5 informer, but from someone who phoned the Met's antiterrorist hotline.

Preposition: at

• pm: The game is at the Guildford Spectrum Arena on Thursday 15th September with tip-off at 8.00 pm.

Adjective modifier

• anonymous: The police received an anonymous tip-off last Thursday from the gun's illicit owner.
• interesting: One interesting tip-off is that most of his customers are model engineers.
• local: A local tip-off suggested that Lee planned to pass the ball.

Modifies a noun

• information: Tip-off information has been on the increase and has proven to be very useful in deterring pirated optical disk manufacturers.

Noun used with modifier

• intelligence: It is not clear whether the discovery of the missile engine parts arose from a specific intelligence tip-off.
• fraud: Unfortunately we cannot take fraud tip-offs that do not relate to the East Herts District.

Preposition: from

• member: And it was a tip-off from a member of the public which led to the discovery on Park Farm, Ox Lane.
• friend: He had failed to sell his idea directly to a publisher, and approached Davidson following a tip-off from a friend.
• resident: The team receive tip-offs from local residents who can report anonymously using a free phone telephone number, e-mail and text address.
• public: As a result of the publicity the council has received an increased number of confidential tip-offs from the public.
• employe: It follows an investigation by Trading Standards Officers, who received a tip-off from a former employe who claimed th...