pick up the hint

To understand, comprehend, or take notice of an indirect suggestion, implication, or insinuation. Halfway through the lecture, I picked up the hint my students were planning some kind of practical joke at the end of class. When are you going to pick up the hint that Sally doesn't want to date you anymore?

词组	pick up the hint
释义	pick up the hint pick up the hint To understand, comprehend, or take notice of an indirect suggestion, implication, or insinuation. Halfway through the lecture, I picked up the hint my students were planning some kind of practical joke at the end of class. When are you going to pick up the hint that Sally doesn't want to date you anymore? See also: hint, pick, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: if you catch my drift if you get my meaning if you know what I mean if you see what I mean IYKWIM meaning catch (one's) drift get (one's) drift get (one's) meaning get drift
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