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clue in
Idioms and Phrases
Also, clue up . Give someone guiding information, as in It's time someone clued us in on what's happening , or I hope they clue us up soon . This expression, which uses the verb clue in the sense of “inform,” is sometimes put simply as clue (as in I'll clue you—this isn't going to work ). [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s] Also see not have a clue .Example Sentences
A witness gave police early clues in the case: the license plate number and descriptions of the vehicle and the suspects who had fled, Martinez said.
His family left few clues in the apartment.
There are some clues in Yoon's address as to what he was thinking.
On Monday’s episode of the trivia show, the “Jeopardy!” host and game-show G.O.A.T. awkwardly delivered a clue in the “Complete the Rhyming Phrase” category.
“This truly was all experience-driven. I wanted you to find an actor by solving clues in a public space. What’s the most approachable theme for that? It’s obviously an undercover spy thing.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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