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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Unfortunately, that prediction was made by Gates in 2004 and passwords have yet to get the message.
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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
Bringing 9-1-1 over from Fox to ABC was six, seven months of intense work, both by the producers and by the network to get the message out.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
If Stephanie White’s squad didn’t get the message by then, Ionescu delivered a 26-footer that turned into a four-point play after Sun guard Veronica Burton fouled the star while in the shooting motion.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
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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
Bringing 9-1-1 over from Fox to ABC was six, seven months of intense work, both by the producers and by the network to get the message out.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
If Stephanie White’s squad didn’t get the message by then, Ionescu delivered a 26-footer that turned into a four-point play after Sun guard Veronica Burton fouled the star while in the shooting motion.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
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“Get the message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20message. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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