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101tip someone over the brink — tip someone over the edge/brink/ phrase to make someone feel so unhappy that they cannot deal with their life or a situation any longer Losing the business was what finally tipped him over the edge. Thesaurus: to make someone feel sad or… …
102tip the scales at 12 stone — tip the scales at 12 stone/200 pounds etc/informal phrase to weigh a particular amount The defending champion tips the scales at 18 stone 6. Thesaurus: weight and describing weighthyponym general words for heavy thingssynonym …
103tip the scales at 200 pounds — tip the scales at 12 stone/200 pounds etc/informal phrase to weigh a particular amount The defending champion tips the scales at 18 stone 6. Thesaurus: weight and describing weighthyponym general words for heavy thingssynonym …
104tip your hat to someone — american informal phrase to tell someone that they should be proud of what they have achieved Thesaurus: to praise someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: tip …
105tip|off — or tip off «TIHP F, OF», noun. Informal. 1. a piece of secret or confidential information. 2. a warning. 3. a tipping off …
106tip|pa|ble — tip|pa|ble1 «TIHP uh buhl», adjective. that can be tipped, tilted, or overturned. ╂[< tip2 + able] tip|pa|ble2 «TIHP uh buhl», adjective. that can be tipped, or given a gratuity. ╂[< tip3 + able] …
107tip|per — «TIHP uhr», noun. a person who gives a tip or tips: »a good tipper, a cheap tipper …
108tip|pler — tip|pler1 «TIHP luhr», noun. a habitual drinker of alcoholic liquor. tip|pler2 «TIHP luhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that tips over. 2. a mechanism for tipping and emptying; tipple. 3. a kind of tumbler pigeon …
109tip|py — «TIHP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est. Informal. liable to tip, upset, or tilt: »a tippy canoe, a tippy table …
110tip|stock — «TIHP STOK», noun. the movable tip or foreend of a gunstock, situated under the barrel …
