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connect the dots
(redirected from connect)

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connect the dots
to understand the relationship between different ideas or experiences. It took years of hard work to connect the dots between the murder and the suspect.
Etymology: from a children's activity in which a picture can be seen when you draw lines to connect numbered dots (= small, round marks)
See also: dot

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