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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In this on-demand age, sure, audiences could still watch something else — but with the Emmys available and highlighted in so many venues at once, viewers would clearly get the message that the Emmys are on.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Maybe hoping Congress would get the message.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
The group of about 20, including other MPS employees and several television crews, walked as far as eight blocks away from the school, knocking on the doors of Westside students, aiming to get the message out.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Barnes said her mission now is to get the message out that giving a dose of naloxone is not enough in the case of accidental overdoses.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Maybe hoping Congress would get the message.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
The group of about 20, including other MPS employees and several television crews, walked as far as eight blocks away from the school, knocking on the doors of Westside students, aiming to get the message out.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Barnes said her mission now is to get the message out that giving a dose of naloxone is not enough in the case of accidental overdoses.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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