Tip
Warn
Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.
Usage example: the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt
Tip and warn are semantically related in give notice of possible occurrence topic. Sometimes you can use "Tip" instead a verb "Warn".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sullivan gives Costello a tip to warn him.
Source: Film / The Departed - The horrifying irony being that she'd shot herself (they'd tied her up with a musket to her breast and her hands tied - she works at the ropes until she can get the tip of a finger onto the trigger) to warn him off and save him in the first place.
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