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.

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Example Sentences

Will the Supreme Court get the message?

From Los Angeles Times

There’s no such thing as a zombie apocalypse, he told himself, but his heart didn’t get the message and started to pound.

From Literature

He only mouths it, but I get the message loud and clear.

From Literature

“Many complained that Francis was perpetually chastising the world. Leo is going to be a pastor who tries to get the message across in a more gentle way. But the message remains unchanged,” says Elise Ann Allen, the author of a new biography of Leo.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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

Related Words

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