drop a hint

idiom

: to make a statement that suggests something that one does not want to say in a direct way

He's been dropping hints that he'd like to be invited to the party.

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Riddick, whose last NFL post was in 2013 with the Philadelphia Eagles as pro personnel director, seemed to politic – or at least awkwardly drop a hint about the possibility – during the end of his speech to the graduates when emphasizing the need to reinvent themselves. —Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022

If his quarantine beard is getting a little out of hand, drop a hint with this smart beard trimmer from Remington. —Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored, 9 Dec. 2020