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take a hint

take a hint verb: to understand an indirect suggestion, and to act on it.

Verb

take a hint (third-person singular simple present takes a hint, present participle taking a hint, simple past took a hint, past participle taken a hint)

  1. To understand an indirect suggestion, and to act on it

Synonyms of take a hint

Forms of take a hint

third-person singular presenttakes a hint
present participletaking a hint
pasttook a hint
past participletaken a hint

Questions about take a hint

What does take a hint mean?
Take a hint means to understand an indirect suggestion, and to act on it.
What part of speech is take a hint?
Take a hint is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a hint?
The past tense of take a hint is took a hint.

Words near take a hint in the dictionary

  1. take a gamble
  2. take a gander
  3. take a grab
  4. take a guess
  5. take a hike
  6. take a hint
  7. take a hit
  8. take a horn
  9. take a joke
  10. take a knee
  11. take a knife to a gunfight

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