get the message

get the message or get the word  {v. phr.},  {slang}
To understand clearly what is meant.
The principal talked to the students about being on time, and most of them got the message.
Mary hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up, but he didn't gel the message.
Compare: THE PICTURE.
Categories: slang time verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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