hint

/hɪnt/ v [I/T] (SAY INDIRECTLY)

Definition

› to say or do something that shows in an indirect way what you think or want: [+ that clause] My parents have hinted that they’ll pay for a European vacation after I graduate from college.

(Definition of hint v (SAY INDIRECTLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Hinduism n
hinge n
hinge on/upon something phrasal verb
hint n INDIRECT STATEMENT
hint n SMALL AMOUNT
hint v SAY INDIRECTLY
hinterland n
hip adj KNOWING
hip n BODY PART
hip-hop n
hippie n

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