allude to someone/something

/əˈlud tə, tʊ, ˌtu/ — phrasal verb with allude /əˈlud/ verb

Definition

› to mention someone or something in a brief or indirect way: He alluded to problems with the new computers.

(Definition of allude to someone/something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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