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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was tipped off" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that someone received a warning or information about something, often in a secretive or informal manner. Example: "The journalist was tipped off about the upcoming scandal before it was made public."
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A Fox spokesman denied Trump was tipped off to Mayer.
"Every time the ball was tipped off, it was showtime, and I tried to give people their money's worth.
And his colleague was tipped off to the possibility that he had been undermined.
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.
He was tipped off about it by a friend in France and 'made a modest offer'.
McMullan was tipped off by the police about Elliott's predicament in the 1990s.
Saguto was tipped off, and she and her associates stopped talking on the phone.
Gizmodo says it was tipped off by a series of anonymous emails received in early November.
The president was tipped off about the raid and escaped before the commandos arrived.
Last September he was tipped off about a seemingly uninteresting 19th-century painting coming up for auction in Detroit.
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