get the message
idiom
informal
: to understand something that is not being said directly
When they didn't return my phone calls, I finally got the message.
He gave her an angry look, hoping she'd get the message.
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Once the room is dark and the alcohol has stopped flowing, most guests get the message.
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George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
Camilla, in turn, resisted and kept her hands at her sides, leaving Macron to finally get the message.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Jackie Calmes: Will voters get the message that our judicial system is on the 2024 ballot too?
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Beset with these deficits, Harris had to get the message across that, no, Washington would not abandon the Europeans now that the Russian bear was at the door.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
Camilla, in turn, resisted and kept her hands at her sides, leaving Macron to finally get the message.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Jackie Calmes: Will voters get the message that our judicial system is on the 2024 ballot too?
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Beset with these deficits, Harris had to get the message across that, no, Washington would not abandon the Europeans now that the Russian bear was at the door.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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