get the message

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

If Congress extends the bigger subsidies, governments and unions will get the message: They are here to stay.

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“I feel like we have to continue to get the message out that San Francisco is on the rise, and not everybody has heard it,” he said.

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“I was supposed to get the message — and it would be ‘my own decision,’ so I’d be stuck with it,” Dudek said.

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All drones are banned and international journalists have been visited at home, some on multiple occasions, to ensure they get the message.

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On “Chains and Whips,” Pusha T opens up lethally: “The question marks block your blessings / There’s no tombstones in the desert / I know by now you get the message.”

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Related Words

• appreciate 
• comprehend 
• distinguish 
• feel 
• grasp 
• know 
• read 
• realize 
• recognize 
• see