got the memo

Verb

get the memo (third-person singular simple present gets the memo, present participle getting the memo, simple past got the memo, past participle (UK) got the memo or (US) gotten the memo)

1. (literally) To receive an item of information.
   • Apart from that, it was England’s attack against Latvia’s massed defence. Marcus Rashford had got the memo to take on his man; he was positive, although the end product consistently eluded him.2025 March 24, David Hytner, “Reece James bends it like Beckham to help England break down Latvia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025
2. (idiomatic, informal) To be aware of the current state of affairs.
   • Well it's a bit late now, to suddenly start caring about that. I guess you didn't get the memo?
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, memo.