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                           Phrase(s): take a hint  to understand a hint and behave accordingly.  •  I said I didn’t want to see you anymore. Can’t you take a hint? I don’t like you.  •  Sure I can take a hint, but I’d rather be told directly.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Also, take the hint. Accept an indirect or covert suggestion, as in Evelyn took the hint and quietly left the room. This idiom was first recorded in 1711.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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