take a hint
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For seeming unable to take a hint, Judge Beetlestone risks a rebuke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Meredith is long-winded and short-sighted, unable to take a hint, let alone relax.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Speaking as a loyal Bruin alumnus, maybe Dan Guerrero will take a hint from Lynn Swann and likewise resign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
Brunhilda is, quite clearly, not the type to take a hint, and you should abandon that strategy when dealing with her.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017
He murped, then went to the edge of the overgrowth and stood there agitatedly, waiting for me to follow, glaring at me like I was an idiot who didn’t know how to take a hint.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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