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
I might take a hint and switch to a newly repairable Pixel.
From The Verge • Apr. 9, 2022
Of course, not one to take a hint, Kelly felt the need to continue the feud she'd initiated, even after Osaka had opted for the high road and deleted her tweet and blocked Kelly.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021
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
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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