How to Use get the message in a Sentence

get the message

idiom
  • To get the message link, go to the message and then tap and hold on it.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 28 June 2022
  • But now even that is eroding, and the question is whether the brass will get the message.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Part of the problem, Diaz said, is many owners don’t like to walk their dogs in the rain, and the dogs get the message.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Once the room is dark and the alcohol has stopped flowing, most guests get the message.
    George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
  • Given the scale of critical services in the US, that's a good way to get the message out.
    Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But in this case, the post was flagged and somebody had to get creative with their wording to get the message across.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If that’s the case, there’s no better way to get the message out than on social media.
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • But at the annual event at the MAAC, hundreds of people get the message.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The most important thing will be to get the message out to the public about the consequences of too much salt.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Eventually, the brain will get the message and send a signal to drink.
    Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Anderson said the Fed seemed to get the message in 2023 and has been much more disciplined.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But to get the message across to the households the agency served, the hook couldn’t be as abstract as avoiding climate change.
    Susan Shain, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • But Blair and Blake didn’t get the message and showed up almost seven weeks early.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Customers whose phones are set to the Spanish language will get the message in Spanish.
    Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But it's taken much longer for Washington to get the message.
    Sarah Anderson and Rebekah Entralgo For, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
  • To get the message out, Ronny came up with the idea to spraypaint the number of days left on the exterior of the building.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Back then, some people failed to get the message and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1.
    USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The Soviets and the Chinese were expected to get the message, even if the American people were kept in the dark.
    Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Still, some ads slip through the cracks and creators have taken to TikTok themselves to try to get the message out to followers.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Similarly, in life and in this industry, those who need to get the message will get the message.
    Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • Even now, with the public roaring its disapproval, Biden is unable to get the message.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But so, too, is saving the environment, and a Herculean effort is one way to get the message across.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Scott: So people, cultures, nations all need to get the message out about themselves and show off in different ways to the world.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 May 2023
  • Scott: So people, cultures, nations all need to get the message out about themselves and show off in different ways to the world.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 May 2023
  • There’s a lot of outreach to get the message out about scams, especially romance scams.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Punter Jordan Stout averaged 58 yards on two punts and the coverage units seemed to get the message after giving up the score to Jones.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Residents like Hazan, who are suffering through the drought, the hope is everyone will get the message.
    CBS News, 13 July 2022

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