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]
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“Get the message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20message. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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