Idiom
tip the wink
Meaning
To give (somebody) a hint or suggestion, as if by a wink; to ask or tell surreptitiously.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tipped me the wink when the boss walked in.”
“She tipped the wink to her friend that it was time to leave the party early.”
“The veteran detective tipped the wink to his partner, signaling that the suspect was about to reveal the location of the stolen goods.”
Examples
simple
“He tipped me the wink when the boss walked in.”
contextual
“She tipped the wink to her friend that it was time to leave the party early.”
complex
“The veteran detective tipped the wink to his partner, signaling that the suspect was about to reveal the location of the stolen goods.”
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