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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Did my Washington colleagues get the message the voters so emphatically sent on November 5?
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
How does that get the message out that storing a firearm responsibly is, in fact, a serious thing for our community?
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, that prediction was made by Gates in 2004 and passwords have yet to get the message.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Business Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don’t get the message
March 25, 2022
Ryan put his thumb on the discussion scale about risk pools in a couple of ways.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
How does that get the message out that storing a firearm responsibly is, in fact, a serious thing for our community?
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Unfortunately, that prediction was made by Gates in 2004 and passwords have yet to get the message.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Business Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don’t get the message
March 25, 2022
Ryan put his thumb on the discussion scale about risk pools in a couple of ways.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Get the message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20message. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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