give someone a wink

  • 1tip someone the wink — To convey a secret hint • • • Main Entry: ↑tip tip someone the wink (informal) To give someone a useful hint • • • Main Entry: ↑wink * * * tip someone the wink british informal phrase …

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  • 2tip someone the wink — tip (someone) the wink British & Australian, old fashioned to secretly give someone a piece of information that will help them. So if you hear of any jobs going in your department, just tip me the wink, would you? …

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  • 3tip someone the wink — British informal to give someone secret information …

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  • 4tip someone the wink Brit. — tip someone the wink Brit. informal secretly give someone confidential information. → tip off …

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  • 5wink — wink1 [ wıŋk ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to quickly close and open one eye as a sign to someone, for example a sign that what you have just said is a joke or a secret: wink at: Marcus winked at me knowingly. 2. ) if a light winks, it… …

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  • 6wink — I UK [wɪŋk] / US verb Word forms wink : present tense I/you/we/they wink he/she/it winks present participle winking past tense winked past participle winked 1) [intransitive/transitive] to quickly close and open one eye as a sign to someone, for… …

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  • 7wink — I. /wɪŋk / (say wingk) verb (i) 1. to close and open the eyes quickly. 2. (of the eyes) to close and open thus; blink. 3. to shine with little flashes of light, or twinkle. –verb (t) 4. to close and open (the eyes or an eye) quickly; execute or… …

  • 8wink at — verb give one s silent approval to • Syn: ↑connive at • Hypernyms: ↑promote, ↑advance, ↑boost, ↑further, ↑encourage • Verb Frames …

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  • 9wink — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to close and open one eye quickly, usually to communicate amusement or a secret message (+ at): Joel winked at me, and I realized he was joking. 2 (I) to shine with a light that flashes on and off: the winking lights of buoys out… …

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  • 10tip the wink — tip (someone) the wink Brit informal : to give secret information to (someone) How could he have known about the plan? Someone must have tipped him the wink. • • • Main Entry: ↑tip tip (someone) the wink see ↑ …

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