tip off

avertir, prévenir

Donner une information ou un avertissement à quelqu’un, souvent en secret.

En anglais simple : To give someone information or a warning, often secretly.

• Someone tipped off the police.
• A friend tipped me off about the sale.
• Who tipped them off that we were coming?

Comment l'utiliser : tip someone off about something (A worker tipped us off about the inspection.); tip someone off that… (Someone tipped her off that the shop would close.)

Synonymes : alert, warn, inform

Expressions courantes : tip off someone, tip off police

commencer, débuter

Se dit d’un match de basket lorsqu’il commence.

En anglais simple : If a basketball game does this, it begins.

• The game tips off soon.
• The final tipped off half an hour late.
• What time does the match tip off?

Comment l'utiliser : tip off at a time (The match tips off at seven.)

Synonymes : begin, start

Contraires : end

Expressions courantes : tip off tonight, tip off at noon

lancer par un entre-deux

Commencer un match de basket en lançant le ballon en l’air entre deux joueurs adverses.

En anglais simple : To start a basketball game by throwing the ball up between two opposing players.

• The referee tipped off the game.
• She tipped off play between the two tallest players.
• He will tip off the final at noon.

Expressions courantes : tip off play, tip off a game

lisser au pinceau

Passer légèrement le bout des poils d’un pinceau sur la peinture encore humide pour la lisser.

En anglais simple : To smooth wet paint by moving the ends of a brush lightly across it.

• Tip off the paint while it is wet.
• She tipped off the final coat with a soft brush.
• Light pressure helps when tipping off a painted surface.

Comment l'utiliser : tip something off with a brush (Tip the wet paint off with a clean brush.)

Synonymes : smooth

Expressions courantes : tip off paint, tip off the surface