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"tipped off" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English and can be used to mean "to provide a clue or warning of something about to happen or something that has taken place".
Example: John was tipped off that his boss was about to lay off several staff members.
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I tipped off the police.
The teams tipped off early.
Mr. Carter tipped off the Coast Guard.
Was he tipped off somehow?
They tipped off their Dutch colleagues.
So what tipped off the investigators?
An informant tipped off the guards.
Someone tipped off a reporter at the local newspaper, who tipped off the home shepherds.
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The postseason will tip off Saturday.
Reporters can ask questions anonymously to avoid tipping off competitors.
"We don't tip off ICE.
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