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get the message

Idioms  

  1. Also, get the picture. Understand or infer the real import or substance of something. For example, He gestured to the waiter, who got the message and brought the bill, or Kate got the picture and decided to keep her mouth shut about the error. [Mid-1900s] Also see get it.

Example Sentences

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"Just absolutely infuriating. Get the message: if you commit an act of antisemitism in our city you will face the consequences," De Blasio tweeted alongside an image of the suspect.

From Fox News • Nov. 19, 2021

Get the message out in enough places, her thinking goes, and maybe it will go viral.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2013

Get the message to Dr. Ed Wilson at once.

From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

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