to tip sb the 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 …
2tip somebody the wink — tip sb the ˈwink | tip the ˈwink to sb idiom (BrE, informal) to give sb secret information that they can use to gain an advantage for themselves • There s no way he would have bought those shares if someone in the company hadn t tipped him the… …
3tip 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? …
4tip someone the wink Brit. — tip someone the wink Brit. informal secretly give someone confidential information. → tip off …
5tip one the wink — phrasal : to give one a hint, suggestion, signal by or as if by a wink tipped him the wink as he passed, so he went over there Richard Llewellyn …
6tip 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 ↑ …
7tip the wink to somebody — tip sb the ˈwink | tip the ˈwink to sb idiom (BrE, informal) to give sb secret information that they can use to gain an advantage for themselves • There s no way he would have bought those shares if someone in the company hadn t tipped him the… …
8tip 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? …
9tip someone the wink — British informal to give someone secret information …
10tip (one) the wink — Warn (one), often surreptitiously …
