get the idea
idiom
: to understand
"Yes we're late, but it was raining, then we got a flat tire …" "All right, I get the idea."
Examples of get the idea in a Sentence
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Yaeger: Not to show a hundred looks—we’ll get the idea.
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Eventually the table will be empty, and the guests will get the idea and go home.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The part that shows up in the preview should get the idea across.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
By the time the Yankees get to Tampa, Yankee fans are going to start to get the idea, just from the coverage, that Marcus Stroman is the pint-sized version of Gerrit Cole.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
But don’t get the idea that scorpions are warm and cuddly creatures.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The last thing the 49ers need is for Green Bay to hang around until halftime or later and then get the idea that the win over Dallas was the start of something big.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
Lots of travelers get the idea to swap snow for sand and hot chocolate for margaritas.
—Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
While the search and rescue project only officially launched in April 2021, when Kean joined the team, APOPO had been trying to get the idea off the ground for years but lacked funding and a search and rescue partner to support it.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Eventually the table will be empty, and the guests will get the idea and go home.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
The part that shows up in the preview should get the idea across.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
By the time the Yankees get to Tampa, Yankee fans are going to start to get the idea, just from the coverage, that Marcus Stroman is the pint-sized version of Gerrit Cole.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
But don’t get the idea that scorpions are warm and cuddly creatures.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The last thing the 49ers need is for Green Bay to hang around until halftime or later and then get the idea that the win over Dallas was the start of something big.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
Lots of travelers get the idea to swap snow for sand and hot chocolate for margaritas.
—Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
While the search and rescue project only officially launched in April 2021, when Kean joined the team, APOPO had been trying to get the idea off the ground for years but lacked funding and a search and rescue partner to support it.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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