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read between the lines
- To pay attention to what is implied in writing or in speech.
Idioms and Phrases
Perceive or detect a hidden meaning, as in They say that everything's fine, but reading between the lines I suspect they have some marital problems . This term comes from cryptography, where in one code reading every second line of a message gives a different meaning from that of the entire text. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
The tone and length of the announcements has varied, sometimes leaving Pope-watchers to attempt to read between the lines.
Listen to Rams officials enough and you learn to read between the lines, and in that space there is always the possibility of shock.
The challenge remains: Are we paying attention and reading between the lines?
Donald Trump is sticking his index, middle and ring finger up to the camera to the citizens of the world and telling us all to “read between the lines.”
The memoir is likewise an offering to both know Case more deeply, and to read between the lines, dance around in it and resonate with the complexities of being a creative human.
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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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