get the message

phrase

: understand something that is not being said directly

When she didn't return my phone calls, I finally got the message. [=finally understood that she did not want to talk to me]

Examples of get the message in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Officers on the other end never got the message the suspect was down. — Laura Geller, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Residents and leaders got the message that the realities of global warming have now squarely arrived on a continent that so far viewed itself either as having a moderate climate or being well-adjusted to summer heat. — Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Rhymes for get the message

• expressage
• presage