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   hat tip

   noun

   • 1. (in online contexts) used as an acknowledgement that someone has brought a piece of information to the writer's attention, or provided the inspiration for a piece of writing: "hat tip to Chris Johnson, who alerted me to the story"

   Word Origin late 19th century (originally denoting an act of raising one's hat as a polite greeting or salutation): from the phrase tip one's hat.

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