hint (something) to (someone)
hint (something) to (someone)
To indirectly suggest or insinuate something to someone. If you've got a problem with me, please don't hint it to my boss—just talk to me. I tried hinting my interest in Joe to his best friend, but it doesn't seem to have done any good.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hint something to someone
to give a hint or clue to someone. I thought she was leaving. She hinted that to me. She wasn't hinting anything to you! You made it all up!
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hint to
- hint at
- hint at (something)
- hint for
- hint for (something)
- intimate to
- intimate to (someone)
- rob (one) blind
- rob somebody blind
- rob someone blind