hint for (something)
hint for (something)
To indirectly suggest or insinuate one's desire for or interest in something. You can hint for extra credit all you want, but you're not getting it. Are you hinting for some help?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hint for something
to give a hint that something is wanted. I could tell she was hinting for an invitation. Are you hinting for a second helping of fried chicken?
See also: hint
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hint for
- hint to
- hint (something) to (someone)
- hint at
- hint at (something)
- intimate to
- intimate to (someone)
- suggest
- suggest (something) to (one)
- suggest to