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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Its purpose is to get the message out that children are not alone.
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Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yoshimura also wants to get the message across to Hollywood that Japan’s notoriously conservative and risk-averse entertainment industry is open to change.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
What Putin needs for this plan to work is a willing partner to help get the message out that Zelenskyy and the current Ukraine government are not legitimate representatives of their country – and into this gap the new U.S. administration appears to have stepped.
—Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article If the Aurora Christian boys basketball team didn’t belong here, experienced juniors Jacob Baumann and Asa Johnson didn’t get the message.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yoshimura also wants to get the message across to Hollywood that Japan’s notoriously conservative and risk-averse entertainment industry is open to change.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
What Putin needs for this plan to work is a willing partner to help get the message out that Zelenskyy and the current Ukraine government are not legitimate representatives of their country – and into this gap the new U.S. administration appears to have stepped.
—Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article If the Aurora Christian boys basketball team didn’t belong here, experienced juniors Jacob Baumann and Asa Johnson didn’t get the message.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for get the message
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“Get the message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20message. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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