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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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“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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

They now have just days to get the message out.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Following their lead, an increasing number of artists are speaking up to get the message out that it is ok to talk.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

“No kidding? I wasn’t sure—that viper glare she gave me when you made her invite me didn’t quite get the message across, I guess.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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