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

Diaz said the district will use its parent portal to get the message out to parents, and will train staff at each school to walk parents through the process. — Austin Horn july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Most of the walkout’s broad base got the message that the era of sanctioned dissent was over. — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

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