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get the message

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  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.


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He said that OpenAI, which is also planning for an IPO, has an interesting business model but needs to get the message out about how it is committing capital.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

“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

"I don't want to make a big thing of it, but it is important to get the message out about urging people to go and get tested," he said.

From BBC May 11, 2025

But the Thirteens seemed to get the message from Luma.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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