twig
noun
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
have twigged
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present perfectof twig.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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However, he admitted he - along with scientists and advisers - should have "twigged" the seriousness posed by the disease earlier than he did.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023
"We should have collectively twigged much sooner. I should have twigged," he added.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
Boris Johnson has said he should have "twigged" the seriousness of Covid sooner, conceding earlier action could have been taken against the virus.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
They were drawn to its out-of-town shopping with the promise that it was cheap and convenient, and now they have twigged that it is often neither.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2014
Ah, if we had asked for Gilbert's pardon only, as Clarisse wished, you might have twigged the secret!
From The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc
