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Idioms and Phrases

Also, take the hint . Accept an indirect or covert suggestion, as in Evelyn took the hint and quietly left the room . This idiom was first recorded in 1711.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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