send a message

send a message

To emphasize or make a clear statement of one's position. We need to send a message to these hostile nations that we will not compromise our values for fear of reprisal. The latest memo clearly sends a message to certain people in the company that their days are numbered. The quilts are intended to send a message of hope to the survivors of this tragedy.
See also: message, send
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • virtue signaling
  • up with
  • up with (someone or something)
  • and that's a fact
  • motherfucking
  • what, me worry
  • am I right or am I right
  • a (damn) sight more (something)
  • a sight more
  • be (just) good friends