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The phrase "tipped off about" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to say that someone has been informed of something, typically by someone else. For example, "My supervisor tipped me off about an upcoming promotion opportunity."
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The brothers were apparently tipped off about the investigation.
3.45pm: "Have I have been tipped off about celebrity arrests?
Zazi is tipped off about the investigation by someone who works for Cohen's unit.
Local intelligence officers had been tipped off about an impending attack.
Two days later, Chalabi, who had apparently been tipped off about his impending arrest, fled.
Presumably because they had been tipped off about the contents of the speech in advance.
I was tipped off about the coming offensive by a Washington colleague.
German investigators believe the intended recipient, who remains unknown, was tipped off about the interception.
They were tipped off about the nuclear deal by the Russian group EcoDefence.
Officials at the Department of Agriculture were tipped off about an "illegal animal importation" on Tuesday.
I've been tipped off about an organic one called Germana, 75km south-east of the city.
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